Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the PEAR Archive_Tar package for handling tar files in PHP, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or overwrite files.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4817. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(144483);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/08/30");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-28948", "CVE-2020-28949");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4817");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/09/15");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4817-1 : php-pear - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the PEAR Archive_Tar package
for handling tar files in PHP, potentially allowing a remote attacker
to execute arbitrary code or overwrite files."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976108"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/php-pear"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/php-pear"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the php-pear packages.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 1:1.10.6+submodules+notgz-1.1+deb10u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-28949");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'PEAR Archive_Tar 1.4.10 Arbitrary File Write');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-pear");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/11/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/12/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/12/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"php-pear", reference:"1:1.10.6+submodules+notgz-1.1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | php-pear | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-pear |
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |