Packet Storm - Information Security News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories and Whitepapers http://packetstormsecurity.org/ en-us Mon, 28 May 2012 06:35:43 GMT 144400 http://packetstormsecurity.org/ http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=1.3&utmn=1025166078&utmcs=ISO-8859-1&utmsr=31337x31337&utmsc=32-bit&utmul=en-us&utmje=0&utmfl=-&utmcn=1&utmdt=Files%u2248%20Packet%20Storm&utmhn=packetstormsecurity.org&utmr=-&utmp=%2F0911-advisories%2FUSN-862-1.txt%2F&utmac=UA-18885198-1&utmcc=__utma%3D32867617.1025166078.1338186943.1338186943.1338186943.1%3B%2B__utmz%3D32867617.1338186943.1.1.utmccn%3D(direct)%7Cutmcsr%3D(direct)%7Cutmcmd%3D(none) http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/83270/USN-862-1.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/83270/USN-862-1.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/83270/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-862-1.html Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:26:49 GMT Ubuntu Security Notice 862-1 - Maksymilian Arciemowicz discovered that PHP did not properly validate arguments to the dba_replace function. If a script passed untrusted input to the dba_replace function, an attacker could truncate the database. It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle certain malformed images when being parsed by the Exif module. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the PHP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Grzegorz Stachowiak discovered that PHP did not properly enforce restrictions in the tempnam function. An attacker could exploit this issue to bypass safe_mode restrictions. Grzegorz Stachowiak discovered that PHP did not properly enforce restrictions in the posix_mkfifo function. An attacker could exploit this issue to bypass open_basedir restrictions. Bogdan Calin discovered that PHP did not limit the number of temporary files created when handling multipart/form-data POST requests. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the PHP server to consume all available resources, resulting in a denial of service.