RHEL 8 : php-pear (Unpatched Vulnerability)

high Nessus Plugin ID 202472

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 8 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

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

- Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked. (CVE-2020-28948)

- Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948. (CVE-2020-36193)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 202472

File Name: redhat_unpatched_php-pear-rhel8_module.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2024

Updated: 7/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pear, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2020

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

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PEAR Archive_Tar 1.4.10 Arbitrary File Write)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28948, CVE-2020-28949, CVE-2020-36193, CVE-2021-32610