ghsa-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-04-22 16:20
Modified
2025-10-22 18:00
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:H
Summary
Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar
Details

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.

:exclamation: Note:

There was an initial fix for this vulnerability made in version 1.4.12. That fix introduced a bug which was fixed in 1.4.13. Therefore we have set the first-patched-version to 1.4.13 which the earliest working version that avoids this vulnerability.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 1.4.11"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "pear/archive_tar"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-36193"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-03-22T23:56:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-01-18T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.\n\n### :exclamation: Note: \nThere was an [initial fix](https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916) for this vulnerability made in version `1.4.12`. That fix introduced a bug which was [fixed in 1.4.13](https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/pull/36). Therefore we have set the first-patched-version to `1.4.13` which the earliest working version that avoids this vulnerability.",
  "id": "GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T18:00:26Z",
  "published": "2021-04-22T16:20:36Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36193"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/35"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894"
    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23"
    },
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/pear/archive_tar/CVE-2020-36193.yaml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar"
}


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