RHSA-2009:0338Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update

Published
April 6, 2009
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2008-3658 →CVE-2008-3660 →CVE-2008-5498 →CVE-2008-5557 →CVE-2008-5814 →CVE-2009-0754 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-3658 — php: buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in gd extension CVE-2008-3660 — php: FastCGI module DoS via multiple dots preceding the extension CVE-2008-5498 — php: libgd imagerotate() array index error memory disclosure CVE-2008-5557 — php: Heap-based buffer overflow in the mbstring extension via crafted string containing a HTML entity (arb code execution) CVE-2008-5814 — php: XSS via PHP error messages CVE-2009-0754 — PHP mbstring.func_overload web server denial of service

🎯 Affected products144

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-bcmath-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-cli-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-common-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-common-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • php-common-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-common-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • php-common-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • +114 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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