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CVE-2020-28949: Injection Vulnerability

November 19, 2020 (updated September 25, 2021)

archive_tar has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to overwrite files) can still succeed.

References

  • packetstormsecurity.com/files/161095/PEAR-Archive_Tar-Arbitrary-File-Write.html
  • github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28949

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.12

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.12

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.12 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Source file

packagist/pear/archive_tar/CVE-2020-28949.yml

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