1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3857-1

USN-3857-1: PEAR vulnerability

Publication date

14 January 2019

Overview

PEAR could be made to run programs if it processed a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • php-pear - PHP Extension and Application Repository

Details

Fariskhi Vidyan discovered that PEAR Archive_Tar incorrectly handled
certain archive paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code.

Fariskhi Vidyan discovered that PEAR Archive_Tar incorrectly handled
certain archive paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic php-pear –  1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.10.1
18.04 bionic php-pear –  1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.1
16.04 xenial php-pear –  1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.1

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