SUMMARY
cPanel, Inc. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on October 19, 2016, with PHP versions 5.6.27 and 7.0.12. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2016-7568. We strongly encourage all PHP 5.6 users to upgrade to version 5.6.27 and all PHP 7.0 users to upgrade to version 7.0.12.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP 5.6 through version 5.6.26
All versions of PHP 7.0 through version 7.0.11

SECURITY RATING
The National Vulnerability Database (NIST) has given the following severity ratings to these CVEs:

CVE-2016-7568 – HIGH

PHP 5.6.26
Fixed bug in GD module related to CVE-2016-7568

PHP 7.0.11
Fixed bug in GD module related to CVE-2016-7568

SOLUTION
cPanel, Inc. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on October 19, 2016, with updated versions of PHP 5.6.27 and 7.0.12. Unless you have enabled automatic RPM updates in your cron, update your system with either yum update or WHM’s Run System Update interface.

REFERENCES
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7568
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

For the PGP-signed message, please see ea4-2016-10-19-cve