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Moderate Update RHSA-2022-7340 for php-pear Issues in RHEL 7 Released

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2022
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An update for python-requests on CentOS 7 addresses several vulnerabilities assessed as moderate severity.
An update for php-pear is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Summary

The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR), a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.
Security Fix(es):
* Archive_Tar: allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked (CVE-2020-28948)
* Archive_Tar: improper filename sanitization leads to file overwrites (CVE-2020-28949)
* Archive_Tar: directory traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links (CVE-2020-36193)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update php-pear red hat enterprise archive_tar

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28948 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28949 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36193 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: php-pear-1.9.4-23.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: php-pear-1.9.4-23.el7_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: php-pear-1.9.4-23.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: php-pear-1.9.4-23.el7_9.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7340-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7340
Issue date: 2022-11-02

Topic

An update for php-pear is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update php-pear red hat enterprise archive_tar

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1904001 - CVE-2020-28948 Archive_Tar: allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked

1910323 - CVE-2020-28949 Archive_Tar: improper filename sanitization leads to file overwrites

1942961 - CVE-2020-36193 Archive_Tar: directory traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links

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