Packages
- composer - dependency manager for PHP
Details
It was discovered that Composer did not properly sanitize URLs for
Mercurial repositories in the root composer.json and package source
download URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.
It was discovered that Composer did not properly sanitize URLs for
Mercurial repositories in the root composer.json and package source
download URLs. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.04 LTS focal | composer – 1.10.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | composer – 1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | composer – 1.0.0~beta2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
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