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EasyApache 4 Feb 26 Release

We are happy to announce that cPanel, L.L.C. has released an update for EasyApache 4! Take a look at some highlights below, and then join us on Discord or Reddit to talk about this update and much more.

2020-02-26

ea-openssl
     • EA-8870: Update ea-openssl from v1.0.2t to v1.0.2u

ea-profiles-cpanel
     • EA-8864: Add php73 to the mpm_itk and worker profiles

ea-tomcat85
     • EA-8875: Update ea-tomcat85 from v8.5.50 to v8.5.51

libcurl
     • EA-8843: Update libcurl from v7.67.0 to v7.68.0

scl-php71
scl-php71-meta
     • EA-8854: Fix circular dependencies in our PHP packages

scl-php72
scl-php72-meta
     • EA-8873: Update scl-php72 from v7.2.27 to v7.2.28

scl-php73
scl-php73-meta
     • EA-8874: Update scl-php73 from v7.3.14 to v7.3.15

scl-ruby24
     • ZC-6045: remove conficting ownership

scl-ruby24-rubygem-sqlite3
     • EA-8847: Update scl-ruby24-rubygem-sqlite3 from v1.3.13 to v1.4.2

This release includes a security patch that has been issued a fix for a CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), the details of which are included below.

SUMMARY
cPanel, L.L.C. has updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 with PHP versions 7.2.28 and 7.3.15, cURL version 7.68.0, and OpenSSL version 1.0.2u. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2020-7063, CVE-2020-7061, CVE-2020-7062, CVE-2019-1551, and CVE-2019-15601. We strongly encourage all PHP 7.2 users to upgrade to version 7.2.28, all PHP 7.3 users to upgrade to version 7.3.15, all OpenSSL users to upgrade to version 1.0.2u, and all cURL users to upgrade to version 7.68.0.


AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP through 7.2.27
All versions of PHP through 7.3.14
All versions of cURL through 7.67.0
All versions of OpenSSL through 1.0.2t


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

CVE-2020-7063 – MEDIUM
PHP 7.2.28
Fixed bug related to CVE-2020-7063

PHP 7.3.15
Fixed bug related to CVE-2020-7063


CVE-2020-7061 – MEDIUM
PHP 7.2.27
Fixed bug related to CVE-2020-7061

PHP 7.3.14
Fixed bug related to CVE-2020-7061


CVE-2020-7062 – MEDIUM
PHP 7.2.27
Fixed bug related to CVE-2020-7062

PHP 7.3.14 – MEDIUM
Fixed bug related to CVE-2020-7062


CVE-2019-1551 – MEDIUM
OpenSSL 1.0.2u
Fixed bug related to CVA-2019-1551


CVE-2019-15601 – MEDIUM
cURL 7.68.0
Fixed bug related to CVE-2019-15601

SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on February 26, 2020, with updated versions of PHP versions 7.2.28 and 7.3.15, OpenSSL version 1.0.22, and cURL version 7.68.0. 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-2020-7061
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7062
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7063
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1551
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15601
https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20191206.txt
https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html

For the PGP-signed message, please see EA4-2020-2-26-CVE.signed

More Information

Information about all releases this year can be found in the 2020 EasyApache 4 Changelog and the EasyApache 4 Release Notes. To ensure that you receive up-to-date product news from cPanel, we encourage you to subscribe to the Product and Security updates mailing list on our website. You can also sign up for our EasyApache Development and EasyApache Production lists to see when updates are pushed for our RPMs, letting you know ahead of time what will be updated in each EasyApache release.