CVE-2011-1144
Description
The installer in PEAR 1.9.2 and earlier 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | pear | {"endIncluding":"1.9.2"} | |
| php | pear | 0.2.2 | |
| php | pear | 0.9 | |
| php | pear | 0.10 | |
| php | pear | 0.11 | |
| php | pear | 0.90 | |
| php | pear | 1.0 | |
| php | pear | 1.0.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.2 | |
| php | pear | 1.2.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.3 | |
| php | pear | 1.3.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.3.3 | |
| php | pear | 1.3.3.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.3.4 | |
| php | pear | 1.3.5 | |
| php | pear | 1.3.6 | |
| php | pear | 1.4.0 | |
| php | pear | 1.4.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.4.2 | |
| php | pear | 1.5.0 | |
| php | pear | 1.5.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.6.1 | |
| php | pear | 1.9.1 | |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65911
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.