Debian DSA-4378-1 : php-pear - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 121486

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Fariskhi Vidyan discovered that the PEAR Archive_Tar package for handling tar files in PHP is prone to a PHP object injection vulnerability, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the php-pear packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-9+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121486

File Name: debian_DSA-4378.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/31/2019

Updated: 4/2/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-pear, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000888

DSA: 4378

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