Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870625
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for php-pear RHSA-2011:1741-03
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'php-pear'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'php-pear' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR), a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. It was found that the 'pear' command created temporary files in an insecure way when installing packages. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files accessible to the victim running the 'pear install' command. (CVE-2011-1072) This update also fixes the following bugs: * The php-pear package has been upgraded to version 1.9.4, which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#651897) * Prior to this update, php-pear created a cache in the '/var/cache/php-pear/' directory when attempting to list all packages. As a consequence, php-pear failed to create or update the cache file as a regular user without sufficient file permissions and could not list all packages. With this update, php-pear no longer fails if writing to the cache directory is not permitted. Now, all packages are listed as expected. (BZ#747361) All users of php-pear are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. Affected Software/OS: php-pear on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 3.3 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1072 43533 http://secunia.com/advisories/43533 46605 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605 MDVSA-2011:187 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187 RHSA-2011:1741 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html [oss-security] 20110228 CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3 [oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5 [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164 http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264 http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072 http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687 pear-pear-installer-symlink(65721) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
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