Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1602
Advisory Release Date: 2021-02-17 18:11 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-02-19 22:04 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links. (CVE-2020-36193)
Affected Packages:
php-pear
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update php-pear to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
php-pear-1.10.12-5.amzn2.noarch
src:
php-pear-1.10.12-5.amzn2.src