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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28948: PEAR Archive_Tar: Directory traversal

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28948: PEAR Archive_Tar: Directory traversal

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/19/2020
Created
01/26/2021
Added
01/26/2021
Modified
01/26/2021

Description

Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-php-pear-archive_tar

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