USN-2535-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8117)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-03-18 12:33 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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php5 vulnerabilities
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Thomas Jarosch discovered that PHP incorrectly limited recursion in the fileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)

S. Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the enchant binding. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9705)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0273)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the phar extension. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2301)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Thomas Jarosch discovered that PHP incorrectly limited recursion in the\nfileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause PHP to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2014-8117)\n\nS. Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the\nenchant binding. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2014-9705)\n\nTaoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing\nobjects. 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-2015-0273)\n\nIt was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the phar\nextension. 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-2015-2301)\n",
  "id": "USN-2535-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-03-18T12:33:27Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2535-1"
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    },
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  "summary": "php5 vulnerabilities",
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}



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