EasyApache 12 July 2017 Maintenance Release

July 12, 2017

SUMMARY
cPanel, Inc. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on July 12, 2017, with PHP versions 5.6.31, 7.0.21, and 7.1.7. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229, and CVE-2017-7890. We strongly encourage all PHP 5.6 users to upgrade to version 5.6.31, all PHP 7.0 users to upgrade to version 7.0.21, and all PHP 7.1 users to upgrade to version 7.1.7.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP 5.6 through 5.6.30
All versions of PHP 7.0 through 7.0.20
All versions of PHP 7.1 through 7.1.6

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

CVE-2017-9224 – HIGH

PHP 5.6.31
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9224

PHP 7.0.21
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9224

PHP 7.1.7
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9224

CVE-2017-9226 – HIGH

PHP 5.6.31
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9226

PHP 7.0.21
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9226

PHP 7.1.7
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9226

CVE-2017-9227 – HIGH

PHP 5.6.31
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9227

PHP 7.0.21
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9227

PHP 7.1.7
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9227

CVE-2017-9228 – HIGH

PHP 5.6.31
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9228

PHP 7.0.21
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9228

PHP 7.1.7
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9228

CVE-2017-9229 – MEDIUM

PHP 5.6.31
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9229

PHP 7.0.21
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9229

PHP 7.1.7
Fixed bug in mbstring extension related to CVE-2017-9229

CVE-2017-7890 – MEDIUM

PHP 5.6.31
Fixed bug in GD module related to CVE-2017-7890

PHP 7.0.21
Fixed bug in GD module related to CVE-2017-7890

PHP 7.1.7
Fixed bug in GD module related to CVE-2017-7890

SOLUTION
cPanel, Inc. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on July 12, 2017, with updated versions of 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1. 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9224
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9226
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9227
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9228
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9229
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7890
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

SUMMARY
cPanel, Inc. has released EasyApache 3.34.13 with PHP version 5.6.31. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229, and CVE-2017-7890. We strongly encourage all PHP 5.6 users to upgrade to version 5.6.31.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP 5.6 through version 5.6.30