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USN147-2 : php4, php4-universe fixed packages

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
php4, php4-universe fixed packages

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- libapache-mod-php4
- libapache2-mod-php4
- php4
- php4-cgi
- php4-curl
- php4-dev
- php4-domxml
- php4-gd
- php4-imap
- php4-ldap
- php4-mcal
- php4-mhash
- php4-mysql
- php4-odbc
- php4-pear
- php4-recode
- php4-snmp
- php4-sybase
- php4-universe-common
- php4-xslt

Description :

USN-147-1 [1] fixed a remote code execution vulnerability in the
XMLRPC module of the PEAR library. Unfortunately the packages
announced in USN-147-1 were faulty and shipped broken xmlrpc modules.
The updated packages ship correct modules.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

[1] https://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-147-1

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- libapache-mod-php4-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- libapache2-mod-php4-4.3.8-3ubuntu7.10 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- php4-4.3.8-3ubuntu7.10 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- php4-cgi-4.3.8-3ubuntu7.10 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- php4-curl-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- php4-dev-4.3.8-3ubuntu7.10 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- php4-domxml-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- php4-gd-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- php4-imap-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- php4-ldap-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- php4-mcal-4.3.10-10ubuntu3.2 (Ubuntu
[...]

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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