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Medium ALAS2-2019-1159 1 CVE

Moderate: php-pear security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Feb 13, 2019 · Updated Feb 14, 2019

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1000888: PEAR Archive_Tar version 1.4.3 and earlier contains a CWE-502, CWE-915 vulnerability in the Archive_Tar class. There are several file operations with `$v_header['filename']` as parameter (such as file_exists, is_file, is_dir, etc). When extract is called without a specific prefix path, we can trigger unserialization by crafting a tar file with `phar://[path_to_malicious_phar_file]` as path. Object injection can be used to trigger destruct in the loaded PHP classes, e.g. the Archive_Tar class itself. With Archive_Tar object injection, arbitrary file deletion can occur because `@unlink($this->_temp_tarname)` is called. If another class with useful gadget is loaded, it may possible to cause remote code execution that can result in files being deleted or possibly modified. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.4. 1669615: CVE-2018-1000888 php-pear: Unsafe deserialization of data in Archive_Tar class

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 php-pear 1:1.10.7-3.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2018-1000888 Public exploit EPSS 19%

    Archive_Tar contains Potential RCE if filename starts with phar://

    PEAR Archive_Tar version 1.4.3 and earlier contains a CWE-502, CWE-915 vulnerability in the Archive_Tar class. There are several file operations with `$v_header['filename']` as parameter (such as file_exists, is_file, is_dir, etc). When extract is called with…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2018-1000888.html