RHSA-2022:7340 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: php-pear security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 3, 2022
Updated · November 22, 2025
Topic
An update for php-pear is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR), a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.
Security Fix(es):
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Archive_Tar: allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked (CVE-2020-28948)
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Archive_Tar: improper filename sanitization leads to file overwrites (CVE-2020-28949)
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Archive_Tar: directory traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links (CVE-2020-36193)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.