Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package php5 (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PHP5-395074
- published27 Sept 2014
- disclosed27 Sept 2014
Introduced: 27 Sep 2014
CVE-2014-5459 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR in PHP through 5.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) rest.cachefile or (2) rest.cacheid file in /tmp/pear/cache/, related to the retrieveCacheFirst and useLocalCache functions.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-5459
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5459
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3