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    CVE-2020-36193

    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.

    Published:Jan 18, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 7, 2025
    EPS:Jan 18, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.83041
    CVSS Score:7.5

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Sep 15, 2022
    1457 days ago
    Alert Date
    Aug 25, 2022
    1478 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Drupal
    Product
    Drupal
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Php
    Product
    Archive Tar
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894
    https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001
    https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894
    https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High