Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - Numerous vulnerabilities were discovered in the PHP scripting language that are corrected with this update. Not just a couple, not a few, but many.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 485-1 - It was discovered that the PHP xmlrpc extension did not correctly check heap memory allocation sizes. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to a PHP application using xmlrpc and execute arbitrary code as the Apache user. Stefan Esser discovered a flaw in the random number initialization of the PHP SOAP extension. This could lead to remote attackers being able to predict certain elements of the authentication mechanism.
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