PEAR Archive_Tar: Directory traversal — GLSA 202101-23

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PEAR Archive_Tar, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

dev-php/PEAR-Archive_Tar on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.4.12
Unaffected versions >= 1.4.12

Background

This class provides handling of tar files in PHP.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PEAR Archive_Tar. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PEAR-Archive_Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/PEAR-Archive_Tar-1.4.12"
 

References

Release date
January 26, 2021

Latest revision
January 26, 2021: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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