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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-36193: Security patch for php-pear (ALAS-2021-1602)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-36193: Security patch for php-pear (ALAS-2021-1602)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/18/2021
Created
02/23/2021
Added
02/22/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-php-pear

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