Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4894-1 php-pear -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 20 Apr 2021
- Affected Packages:
- php-pear
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 980428.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-36193. - More information:
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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.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.10.6+submodules+notgz-1.1+deb10u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your php-pear packages.
For the detailed security status of php-pear please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/php-pear