CVE - CVE-2011-1072

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1072	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2519.
References
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MISC:43533 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43533 MISC:46605 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46605 MISC:MDVSA-2011:187 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:187~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:1741 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1741.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110228 CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/12 MISC:[oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/4 MISC:[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/7 MISC:[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/8 MISC:[oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request: PEAR Installer 1.9.1 <= - Symlink Attack URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/9 MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164 URL:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546164 MISC:http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264 URL:http://news.php.net/php.pear.cvs/61264 MISC:http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt URL:http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt MISC:http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 URL:http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18056 MISC:http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072 URL:http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1072 MISC:http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687 URL:http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=308687 MISC:pear-pear-installer-symlink(65721) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65721
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110224	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110224)
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