The installer in PEAR 1.9.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the package.xml file, related to the (1) download_dir, (2) cache_dir, (3) tmp_dir, and (4) pear-build-download directories. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade games-sports/racer-bin.Upgrade media-libs/fmod.Upgrade net-misc/vino.Upgrade sys-apps/shadow.Upgrade app-office/gnucash.Upgrade media-libs/xine-lib.Upgrade dev-php/PEAR-Mail.Upgrade dev-vcs/gitolite.Upgrade x11-apps/xrdb.Upgrade dev-php/PEAR-PEAR.Upgrade net-misc/mrouted.Upgrade net-libs/libsoup.Upgrade net-libs/webkit-gtk.Upgrade app-admin/syslog-ng.Upgrade sys-fs/lvm2.Upgrade dev-libs/xmlsec.Upgrade dev-util/oprofile.Upgrade gnome-base/gdm.Upgrade net-misc/rsync.Upgrade dev-util/qt-creator.Upgrade sys-cluster/resource-agents.Upgrade app-misc/ca-certificates.Upgrade dev-db/unixODBC.Upgrade net-analyzer/sflowtool.Upgrade media-sound/lastfmplayer. | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 2, 2011 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 14, 2010 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade php5-cgiUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-devUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-commonUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php-pear | Nov 8, 2024 | Mar 3, 2011 |
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