USN-4654-1: PEAR vulnerabilities
1 December 2020
PEAR could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- php-pear - PHP Extension and Application Repository
Details
It was discovered that PEAR incorrectly sanitized filenames. 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 20.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6981-1: drupal7