Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894Third Party Advisory
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894Third Party Advisory
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193US Government Resource
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 18, 2021
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- Added to CISA KEV
- Aug 25, 2022
- NVD status
- Analyzed