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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2011.0118
        A vulnerability has bene found in PHP 5.2.0 which can lead
                          to crash of the daemon.
                             16 December 2011

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              PHP 5.2.0
Operating System:     Linux variants
                      UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact/Access:        Denial of Service        -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                      Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:           Alternate Program
CVE Names:            CVE-2011-4566  
Member content until: Sunday, January 15 2012

OVERVIEW

        A vulnerability has been discovered in PHP5 which can lead to a denial 
        of service, daemon crash or disclosure of information.


IMPACT

        A vunerability has been discovered in the way PHP5 handles certin 
        EXIF handelers in JPEG files.  This may lead to an attacker crashing 
        vulnerable PHP based web sites or being able to read arbitrary memory 
        location. [1]


MITIGATION

        A fix for this issue has been released and users are advised to update 
        affected software to the latest version. [1]


REFERENCES

        [1] USN-1307-1: PHP vulnerability
            http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1307-1/

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