[Cucumber-linux-security] php & php5 (security update is available)

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  Update Information

A security update is available for php for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Alpha

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

+----------------+
Sat Oct 28 10:31:42 EDT 2017
lang-general/php upgraded from 5.6.31 to 5.6.32 to fix CVE-2016-1283, a
	vulnerability which allowed for a remote attacker to cause a denial of
	service or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a specially
	crafted regex passed to PCRE. Note that this vulnerability has long
	since been fixed in by the upstream PCRE developers and the regular
	Cucumber PCRE packages are unaffected by this; this was an issue only
	because PHP was using an old version of PCRE  (which was linked
	statically into the PHP binaries). For more information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=118
		https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75207
		http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.32
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+


    Note for Cucumber 1.1 Alpha Users

For users of Cucumber Linux 1.1 Alpha, there have been two package
updates released for this vulnerability: one for the mainstream 'php'
package (which is PHP version 7.2) and one for the legacy 'php5' package
(which is PHP version 5.6). You should only ever use one of these two
packages on any given system as they conflict with each other, so make
sure to apply the correct update for the version of PHP you are using.
If you use Pickle to apply the update, it will take care of this for you.

Here are the full details from the Cucumber 1.1 Alpha changelog:

Sat Oct 28 10:35:22 EDT 2017
lang-general/php upgraded from 7.2.0RC4 to 7.2.0RC5 to fix CVE-2016-1283, a   
	vulnerability which allowed for a remote attacker to cause a denial of
	service or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a specially
	crafted regex passed to PCRE. Note that this vulnerability has long
	since been fixed in by the upstream PCRE developers and the regular
	Cucumber PCRE packages are unaffected by this; this was an issue only
	because PHP was using an old version of PCRE (which was linked
	statically into the PHP binaries). For more information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1283
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=118
		https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75207
		http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.32
lang-extra/php5 upgraded from 5.6.31 to 5.6.32 to fix this same vulnerability
	in the legacy PHP package.
* SECURITY FIX *

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-118 [CVE-2016-1283]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=118)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure php or php5 is selected on the update list, and then select
Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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