Description
Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to overwrite files) can still succeed.
Published: 2020-11-19
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 84.6% High
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2465-1 php-pear security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2466-1 drupal7 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4817-1 php-pear security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-75c5-f4gw-38r9 Multiple vulnerabilities through filename manipulation in Archive_Tar
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4654-1 PEAR vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6981-1 Drupal vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6981-2 Drupal vulnerabilities
History

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ssvc

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Weaknesses CWE-74 NVD-CWE-noinfo

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References

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Debian Debian Linux
Drupal Drupal
Fedoraproject Fedora
Php Archive Tar
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:32.687Z

Reserved: 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-28949

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:48:00.983Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-11-19T19:15:11.937

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:10:53.810

Link: CVE-2020-28949

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-28949 - Bugzilla

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