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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4723-2 Severe Vulnerability in Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey February 8, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Serious vulnerability in PEAR for Ubuntu platforms enables file replacement by malicious users. Urgent updates required for security resolution in all distributions.
PEAR could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution file overwrite php-pear ubuntu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: php-pear 1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.10.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: php-pear 1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: php-pear 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: php-pear 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4723-1

CVE-2020-36193

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February 08, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution file overwrite php-pear ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.3

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