CVE-2020-28949
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Nov 19, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 19, 2020
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201127 [SECURITY] [DLA 2466-1] drupal7 security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2020-f351eb14e3vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2020-5271a896ffvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2020-6f1079934cvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2020-d50d74d6f2vendor-advisory
- DSA-4817vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161095/PEAR-Archive_Tar-Arbitrary-File-Write.html
- GLSA-202101-23vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-8093e197f4vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-0c013f520cvendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-28949government-resource
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