CVE-2020-36193

Publication date 18 January 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php-pear 20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.10.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu0.20.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php-pear

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

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