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PEAR Installer Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17563
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Release Date:
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2005-11-16
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Popularity:
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5,194 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PEAR 1.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in PEAR, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to a design error in the PEAR installer. This can be exploited by a package that is installed using the PEAR installer to execute arbitrary PHP code when the "pear" command is executed or the Web/Gtk frontend is loaded.
Successful exploitation requires that the user has installed a malicious package using the PEAR installer, or installed a package that depends on a malicious package.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.4.2 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.3 or later.
http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://pear.php.net/advisory-20051104.txt
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