Comment 14 for bug 1102366

Ouch :(
Ok, man. Thanks a lot!

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Marc Deslauriers <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Seeing as how raring is going end of life in about three weeks, I don't
> think it's worth it. Sorry.
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-
> announce/2014-January/002367.html
>
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> Title:
> libapache2-mod-php5: Segmentation fault on mediawiki POST requests
> after apache2 reload
>
> Status in “php5” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “php5” source package in Quantal:
> In Progress
> Status in “php5” source package in Raring:
> Confirmed
> Status in “php5” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> SRU request:
>
> [impact]
> Reloading apache2 will cause php5 to fail to work correctly, and will
> result in some website failures. This has been solved by backporting a
> minimal patch from more recent versions of php.
>
> [test case]
> Reproducing this requires a specific setup, but the original bug
> reporter has tested the update and it has resolved the issue. The issue was
> also known to php upstream and has been fixed in saucy and higher.
>
> [regression potential]
> An issue with this patch would cause php sessions to break, so it should
> be quickly discoverable.
>
>
> Original report:
>
> This is the affected following setup:
> * apache2-mpm-worker
> * libapache2-mod-php5
> * mediawiki
> (all from quantal in my case).
>
> After doing "/etc/init.d/apache2 reload", POST requests to mediawiki
> (e.g. page preview or save) fail with a lost connection. The log files only
> show a line like this:
> [Mon Jan 21 12:21:06 2013] [notice] child pid 16018 exit signal
> Segmentation fault (11)
>
> Doing "/etc/init.d/apache2 restart" works around the problem.
>
> This seems to be the same as http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
> bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691318 and possibly http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
> bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694473 . I'm blaming PHP for now, in accordance
> with the upstream reporters. :-)
>
> Creating a backtrace from the apache child processes has proved quite
> challenging, so I'm stopping here.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
> Philipp
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jan 21 12:34:51 2013
> MarkForUpload: True
> SourcePackage: php5
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-12-10 (41 days ago)
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