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EasyApache 4 Oct 30 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 SlackDiscord, or Reddit to talk about this update and much more.

2019-10-30

ea-cpanel-tools
     ZC-5740: Add yum var to ea4_repo_uri_os.

ea-nodejs10
     EA-8715: Update ea-nodejs10 to 10.17.0, drop  10.16.3.

php-cli
     EA-7961: Remove deprecated -ea_php flag

scl-php71
scl-php71-meta
     EA-8722: Update scl-php71 to 7.1.33, drop 7.1.32.

scl-php72
scl-php72-meta
     EA-8718: Update scl-php72 to 7.2.24, drop 7.2.23.

scl-php73
scl-php73-meta
     EA-8719: Update scl-php73 to v7.3.11, drop 7.3.10.


The PHP updates include a fix for CVE-2019-11043, more details in the links below:

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11043
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78599

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 7.1.33, 7.2.24, and 7.3.11. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2019-11043. We strongly encourage all PHP 7.1 users to upgrade to version 7.1.33, all PHP 7.2 users to upgrade to version 7.2.24, and all PHP 7.3 users to upgrade to version 7.3.11.


AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of PHP through 7.1.32
All versions of PHP through 7.2.23
All versions of PHP through 7.3.10


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

CVE-2019-11043 – MEDIUM

PHP 7.1.33
Fixed bug related to CVE-2019-11043

PHP 7.2.24
Fixed bug related to CVE-2019-11043

PHP 7.3.11
Fixed bug related to CVE-2019-11043


SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on October 30, 2019, with updated versions of PHP versions 7.1.33, 7.2.24, and 7.3.11. 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-2019-11043
https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

For the PGP-signed message, please see EA4-2019-10-30-CVE.signed

More Information

Information about all releases this year can be found in the 2019 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.