Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory
Package name: php-pear
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:109
Date: June 30th, 2005
Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, Corporate 3.0

Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered by GulfTech Security in the PHP XML RPC
project. This vulnerability is considered critical and can lead to
remote code execution. The vulnerability also exists in the PEAR
XMLRPC implementation.

Mandriva ships with the PEAR XMLRPC implementation and it has been
patched to correct this problem. It is advised that users examine the
PHP applications they have installed on their servers for any
applications that may come bundled with their own copies of the PEAR
system and either patch RPC.php or use the system PEAR (found in
/usr/share/pear).

Updates have been released for some popular PHP applications such
as WordPress and Serendipity and users are urged to take all
precautions to protect their systems from attack and/or defacement by
upgrading their applications from the authors of the respective
applications.

To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg –recv-keys –keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0×22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com