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

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:

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