[USN-4654-1] PEAR vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4654-1
December 01, 2020

php-pear vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

PEAR could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- php-pear: PHP Extension and Application Repository

Details:

It was discovered that PEAR incorrectly sanitized filenames. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10:
  php-pear                        1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  php-pear                        1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  php-pear                        1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  php-pear                        1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4654-1
  CVE-2020-28948, CVE-2020-28949

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-pear/1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.2

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