CVE-2011-1144

Publication date 2 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	11.04 natty	Fixed 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.8
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.9
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.15
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.22

Notes

kees

php5 5.3.5 still contains a vulnerable version: $ grep version /usr/share/php/PEAR.php | tail -n1 * @version Release: 1.9.1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=309042

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)