USN-2391-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3668)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2014-10-30 11:56 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
php5 vulnerabilities
Details

Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the mkgmtime function. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3668)

Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing objects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3669)

Otto Ebeling discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the exif_thumbnail function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3670)

Francisco Alonso that PHP incorrectly handled ELF files in the fileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled NULL bytes when processing certain URLs with the curl functions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass filename restrictions and obtain access to sensitive files. (No CVE number)

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  "details": "Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the mkgmtime\nfunction. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3668)\n\nSymeon Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing\nobjects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3669)\n\nOtto Ebeling discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the exif_thumbnail\nfunction. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2014-3670)\n\nFrancisco Alonso that PHP incorrectly handled ELF files in the fileinfo\nextension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)\n\nIt was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled NULL bytes when processing\ncertain URLs with the curl functions. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to bypass filename restrictions and obtain access to sensitive\nfiles. (No CVE number)\n",
  "id": "USN-2391-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2014-10-30T11:56:28Z",
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