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SCA: security update for pear/archive_tar (GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418857

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate
 checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948. (CVE-2020-36193)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418857

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36193