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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:2872-1 Important: php7 Directory Traversal Issue

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2021
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A critical patch for openSUSE has been released to tackle vulnerabilities in php7. Discover the solution for the directory traversal flaw.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for php7 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-36193: Fixed Archive_Tar directory traversal due to inadequate

checking of symbolic links (bsc#1189591).

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-2872=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

php7-wddx-7.2.5-4.82.1

php7-wddx-debuginfo-7.2.5-4.82.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36193.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189591

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:2872-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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