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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-36193: PEAR Archive_Tar: Directory traversal

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-36193: PEAR Archive_Tar: Directory traversal

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/18/2021
Created
01/26/2021
Added
01/26/2021
Modified
08/26/2022

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)

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

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