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2$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'releases/5_1_5.php';
3include_once __DIR__ . '/../include/prepend.inc';
4site_header("PHP 5.1.5 Release Announcement");
5?>
6
7<h1>PHP 5.1.5 Release Announcement</h1>
8<p>
9This release address a series of locally exploitable security problems discovered since PHP 5.1.4.
10All PHP users are encouraged to upgrade to this release as soon as possible.
11</p>
12
13<p>
14This release provides the following security fixes:
15<ul>
16	<li>Added missing safe_mode/open_basedir checks inside the error_log(), file_exists(), imap_open() and imap_reopen() functions.</li>
17	<li>Fixed overflows inside str_repeat() and wordwrap() functions on 64bit systems.</li>
18	<li>Fixed possible open_basedir/safe_mode bypass in cURL extension and with realpath cache.</li>
19	<li>Fixed overflow in GD extension on invalid GIF images.</li>
20	<li>Fixed a buffer overflow inside sscanf() function.</li>
21	<li>Fixed an out of bounds read inside stripos() function.</li>
22	<li>Fixed memory_limit restriction on 64 bit system.</li>
23</ul>
24</p>
25
26<p>
27In addition to the security fixes, both releases include a small number of non-security related bug fixes.
28</p>
29
30<p>
31 For a full list of changes in PHP 5.1.5, see the
32 <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5">ChangeLog</a>.
33</p>
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