Debian DSA-4894-1 : php-pear - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 148870

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the PEAR Archive_Tar package for handling tar files in PHP is prone to a directory traversal flaw due to inadequate checking of symbolic links.

Solution

Upgrade the php-pear packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.10.6+submodules+notgz-1.1+deb10u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=980428

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/php-pear

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/php-pear

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148870

File Name: debian_DSA-4894.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2021

Updated: 8/30/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-pear, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36193

DSA: 4894