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CVE-2020-28949 — PEAR Archive_Tar Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
CISA KEV listed
Added August 25, 2022 Remediate by September 15, 2022
Description
PEAR Archive_Tar allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked. PEAR stands for PHP Extension and Application Repository and it is an open-source framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components with known usage in third-party products such as Drupal Core and Red Hat Linux.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=27002, https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-28949; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28949
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