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.

2021-5-5

scl-php73

• EA-9730: Update scl-php73 to 7.3.28, drop 7.3.27.

scl-php73-meta

• EA-9730: Update scl-php73 to 7.3.28, drop 7.3.27.

ea-php74

• EA-9737: Update ea-php74 to 7.4.18, drop 7.4.16.

ea-php74-meta

• EA-9737: Update ea-php74 to 7.4.18, drop 7.4.16.

ea-php80

• EA-9732: Update ea-php80 to 8.0.5, drop 8.0.3.

ea-php80-meta

• EA-9732: Update ea-php80 to 8.0.5, drop 8.0.3.

ea-modsec2-rules-owasp-crs

• ZC-8756: Update for upstream ULC changes.

ea-libzip

• EA-9654: Require xz and xz-libs instead of lzma.

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 7.3.28, 7.4.18, and 8.0.5. This release addresses vulnerabilities for which a CVE notice has not yet been assigned. We strongly encourage all PHP 7.3 users to update to version 7.3.28, all PHP 7.4 users to update to version 7.4.18, and all PHP 8.0 users to update to version 8.0.5.
 
 
AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP 7.3 through 7.3.27.
All versions of PHP 7.4 through 7.4.16.
All versions of PHP 8.0 through 8.0.3.

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

This release contains security fixes that have not yet been assigned a CVE number. 

SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on May 5, 2021, with updated versions of PHP 7.3.28, PHP 7.4.18, and PHP 8.0.5. 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://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#PHP_7_3
https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#PHP_7_4
https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.0.5

More Information

Information about all releases this year can be found in the 2021 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.