CVE-2011-1072

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1072
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-03 01:00:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-23 14:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the package.xml file, related to the (1) download_dir, (2) cache_dir, (3) tmp_dir, and (4) pear-build-download directories, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2519.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Pear 0.10 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.11 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.2.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.9 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.90 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.0.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.2.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.3 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.3.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.4 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.5 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.6 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.5.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.5.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.6.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.10 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.11 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.2.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.9 All All All
Application Php Pear 0.90 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.0.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.2.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.3 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.3.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.4 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.5 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.3.6 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.4.2 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.5.0 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.5.1 All All All
Application Php Pear 1.6.1 All All All
Application Php Pear All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
php.pear.cvs: svn: /pear/pear-core/tags/PEAR-1.9.2/ PEAR/Builder.php PEAR/Command/Install.php PEAR/Command/Package.php PEAR/Command/Pickle.php PEAR/Command/Remote.php PEAR/Downloader/Package.php PEAR/Downloader.php PEAR/Installer.php PEAR/PackageFile.php PEAR/REST.php package.xml package2.xml CONFIRM news.php.net Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
Bug #18056 :: [SECURITY]: Symlink attack in PEAR install CONFIRM pear.php.net Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:187 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
oss-security - CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
#546164 - pear download directory is inherited from the build - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt CONFIRM pear.php.net Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
PEAR Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
PHP: Revision 308687 CONFIRM svn.php.net Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
PEAR Installer Insecure Temporary Files Security Issue - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack MLIST openwall.com
CVE-2011-1072 CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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