Mageia 7: MGASA-2021-0060 Critical: Php-Pear Symlink Issue
mageia
January 31, 2021
The updated php-pear packages fix a security vulnerability in component Archive_tar, a symlink out-of-path write vulnerability
Summary
The updated php-pear packages fix a security vulnerability in
component Archive_tar, a symlink out-of-path write vulnerability.
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory
Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links. (CVE-2020-36193).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28166
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36193
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/php-pear-1.10.9-1.2.mga7
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Publication date: 31 Jan 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0060.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-36193
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