USN-3857-1: PEAR vulnerability
USN-3857-1: PEAR vulnerability php-pear vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary XXX FILL ME IN: Summary for regular (non-admin) users XXX XXX LOCAL TEMPLATES XXX PEAR could be made to run programs if it processed a specially crafted file. Software Description 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. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 php-pear – 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS php-pear – 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1ubuntu1.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS php-pear – 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [ more… ]
