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Ubuntu: USN-3857-1 (CVE-2018-1000888): PEAR vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3857-1 (CVE-2018-1000888): PEAR vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/28/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/23/2019
Modified
06/25/2020

Description

PEAR Archive_Tar version 1.4.3 and earlier contains a CWE-502, CWE-915 vulnerability in the Archive_Tar class. There are several file operations with `$v_header['filename']` as parameter (such as file_exists, is_file, is_dir, etc). When extract is called without a specific prefix path, we can trigger unserialization by crafting a tar file with `phar://[path_to_malicious_phar_file]` as path. Object injection can be used to trigger destruct in the loaded PHP classes, e.g. the Archive_Tar class itself. With Archive_Tar object injection, arbitrary file deletion can occur because `@unlink($this->_temp_tarname)` is called. If another class with useful gadget is loaded, it may possible to cause remote code execution that can result in files being deleted or possibly modified. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.4.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-php-pear

References

  • USN-3857-1
  • DSA-4378
  • CVE-2018-1000888

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