PHP: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202408-32

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of which can lead to a denial of service.

Affected packages

dev-lang/php on all architectures
Affected versions < 8.1
< 8.1.29
< 8.2.20
< 8.3.8
Unaffected versions >= 8.1.29
>= 8.2.20
>= 8.3.8

Background

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-8.1.29:8.1"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-8.2.20:8.2"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-8.3.8:8.3"
 

Support for older version has been discontinued:

 # emerge --ask --verbose --depclean "<dev-lang/php-8.1"
 

References

Release date
August 12, 2024

Latest revision
August 13, 2024: 2

Severity
high

Exploitable
local and remote

Bugzilla entries