Moderate: php-pear security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-28948   CVE-2020-28949   CVE-2020-36193  

Synopsis

Moderate: php-pear security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for php-pear is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR), a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.

Security Fix(es):

  • Archive_Tar: allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked (CVE-2020-28948)
  • Archive_Tar: improper filename sanitization leads to file overwrites (CVE-2020-28949)
  • Archive_Tar: directory traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links (CVE-2020-36193)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1904001 - CVE-2020-28948 Archive_Tar: allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked
  • BZ - 1910323 - CVE-2020-28949 Archive_Tar: improper filename sanitization leads to file overwrites
  • BZ - 1942961 - CVE-2020-36193 Archive_Tar: directory traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links