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Mandriva: Updated PHP packages fix multiple vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Weaknesses in the GENERATE_SEED macro in PHP prior to 4.4.8 and 5.2.5 were discovered that could produce a zero seed in rare circumstances on 32bit systems and generations a portion of zero bits during conversion due to insufficient precision on 64bit systems (CVE-2008-2107,
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:129
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : php4
 Date    : July 3, 2008
 Affected: Corporate 3.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Weaknesses in the GENERATE_SEED macro in PHP prior to 4.4.8 and 5.2.5
 were discovered that could produce a zero seed in rare circumstances on
 32bit systems and generations a portion of zero bits during conversion
 due to insufficient precision on 64bit systems (CVE-2008-2107,
 CVE-2008-2108).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2107
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2108
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Corporate 3.0:
 60cb1523549183eae75f173db44ce2d7  corporate/3.0/i586/libphp_common432-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 4ba8abbdc22274e036ea6f7ae4909316  corporate/3.0/i586/php432-devel-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 1f3277efa994d0e978704b0e1ef81cee  corporate/3.0/i586/php-cgi-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 ed7c11b9e615d50c2626cc8651b2aecb  corporate/3.0/i586/php-cli-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 8969b7bbe0a389d9c17073a4734afe67  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/php-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 fae5232b68c4347ea4ab1f424001ca36  corporate/3.0/x86_64/lib64php_common432-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 e2d37f7e766faf61b01570d3b2763900  corporate/3.0/x86_64/php432-devel-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 c6f7fbbca3e521fd092239da0e542f99  corporate/3.0/x86_64/php-cgi-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 af7d5aca6faf6a432f19d445e5910c14  corporate/3.0/x86_64/php-cli-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 8969b7bbe0a389d9c17073a4734afe67  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/php-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
 0aed85766f3a2938d9c1e33bb5a199ff  mnf/2.0/i586/libphp_common432-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 c14ad69a438163322e9c4802be2a9162  mnf/2.0/i586/php-cgi-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 ed7c11b9e615d50c2626cc8651b2aecb  mnf/2.0/i586/php-cli-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 523bafb85ede32063f4738e6426ab23d  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/php-4.3.4-4.28.C30mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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