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CVE-2020-28949 Details

Description

Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to overwrite files) can still succeed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-28949 CISA-ADPUS Government Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161095/PEAR-Archive_Tar-Arbitrary-File-Write.html CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33 CVEExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability NameDate AddedDue DateRequired Action
PEAR Archive_Tar Deserialization of Untrusted Data VulnerabilityAug 25, 2022Sep 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
php archive tar
< 1.4.12

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
32
33
34
35

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
drupal drupal
>= 7.0, < 7.75
>= 8.0.0, < 8.9.10
>= 8.8.0, < 8.8.12
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-28949
NVD Published Date:
Nov 19, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-28949 Details - Not Deferred