Ubuntu Update for php5 vulnerabilities USN-462-1

Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-462-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A flaw was discovered in the FTP command handler in PHP. Commands were not correctly filtered for control characters. An attacker could issue arbitrary FTP commands using specially crafted arguments. (CVE-2007-2509) Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the SOAP request handler in PHP. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted SOAP request and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2510) Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the user filter factory in PHP. A local attacker could create a specially crafted script and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2511) Gregory Beaver discovered that the PEAR installer did not validate installation paths. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious PEAR package, an attacker could overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2007-2519)
Affected
php5 vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10 , Ubuntu 7.04
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