Directory Traversal Affecting php-pear package, versions <1:1.10.12+submodules+notgz+20210212-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
70.6% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-PHPPEAR-11764381
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 Jan 2021

Introduced: 18 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-36193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 php-pear to version 1:1.10.12+submodules+notgz+20210212-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-pear package and not the php-pear package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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CVSS Base Scores

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