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.
scl-php72 to 7.2.31, drop 7.2.30.scl-php72 to 7.2.31, drop 7.2.30..user.ini search behavior.scl-php73 to 7.3.18, drop 7.3.17.scl-php73 to 7.3.18, drop 7.3.17..user.ini search behavior.ea-php74 to 7.4.6, drop 7.4.5.ea-php74 to 7.4.6, drop 7.4.5.ea-tomcat85 to 8.5.55, drop 8.5.54.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 7.2.31, 7.3.18, and 7.4.6 and Tomcat 8.5.55. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2019-11048 and CVE-2020-9484. We strongly encourage all PHP 7.2 users to upgrade to version 7.2.31, all PHP 7.3 users to upgrade to version 7.3.18, all PHP 7.4 users to upgrade to version 7.4.6, and all Tomcat users to upgrade to version 8.5.55.
AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP 7.2 through 7.2.30
All versions of PHP 7.3 through 7.3.17
All versions of PHP 7.4 through 7.4.5
All versions of Tomcat 8.5 through 8.5.54
SECURITY RATING
The National Vulnerability Database (NIST) has given the following severity ratings to these CVEs:
CVE-2019-11048 – MEDIUM
PHP 7.2.31
PHP 7.3.18
PHP 7.4.6
CVE-2020-9484 – MEDIUM
Tomcat
SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on May 21, 2020, with updated versions of PHP version 7.2.31, 7.3.18, and 7.4.6 and Tomcat 8.5.55. 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-2019-11048
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9484
https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/changelog.html
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.