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Severity: Low
Title: PHP: Denial of service
Date: September 13, 2020
Bugs: #736158
ID: 202009-10

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Synopsis
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A vulnerabilities in PHP could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background
==========

PHP is an open source general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for web development.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/php < 7.2.33:7.2 >= 7.2.33:7.2
< 7.3.21:7.3 >= 7.3.21:7.3
< 7.4.9:7.4 >= 7.4.9:7.4

Description
===========

It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle PHAR files.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PHAR
file using PHP, possibly allowing attacker to obtain sensitive
information or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All PHP 7.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.2.33"

All PHP 7.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.3.21"

All PHP 7.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.4.9"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-7068
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7068

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-10

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5