Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:16:30 +0100
From: Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: GLSA: php
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-005
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PACKAGE : php & mod_php
SUMMARY═: buffer overflow
DATE ══ : 2002-11-20 13:11 UTC
EXPLOIT : local & remote
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- From advisory:
Two vulnerabilities exists in mail() PHP function. The first one
allows to execute any program/script bypassing safe_mode restriction,
the second one may give an open-relay script if mail() function is not
carefully used in PHP scripts.
Read the full advisory at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
dev-php/php-4.2.2-r1 and/or dev-php/mod_php-4.2.2-r1 and earlier
update their systems as follows:
emerge rsync
emerge php
and/or
emerge mod_php
emerge clean
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