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USN-5479-3: PHP regression

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USN-5479-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. Unfortunately that update for
CVE-2022-31625 was incomplete for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes
the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Charles Fol discovered that PHP incorrectly handled initializing certain
arrays when handling the pg_query_params function. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31625)

Charles Fol discovered that PHP incorrectly handled passwords in mysqlnd. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31626)

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