# CVE-2006-0931: PEAR::Archive_Tar Directory Traversal vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2006-0931-pear-archive-tar-directory-traversal-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-01  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2006-0931 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-05-01

PEAR::Archive_Tar Directory Traversal vulnerability

Technologies: [pear/archive_tar (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pear-archive-tar). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2006-0931 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2006-0931 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2006-0931?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 1 May 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** pear/archive_tar (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.2,fixed=1.3.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2006-0931?** Yes. pear/archive_tar (Packagist): upgrade to 1.3.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2006-0931?** Check whether you run pear/archive_tar (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- pear/archive_tar (Packagist): upgrade to 1.3.2 or later

  ```sh
  composer require pear/archive_tar:^1.3.2
  ```


## Affected products

- pear/archive_tar (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.2,fixed=1.3.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2006-0931
- GHSA-f3xw-vgc7-f7h8

## Related threats

- [Archive_Tar contains Potential RCE if filename starts with phar://](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-1000888-archive-tar-contains-potential-rce-if-filename-starts-with-phar)
- [Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-32610-drupal-core-2021-004-the-drupal-project-uses-the-pear-archive-tar)
- [Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Archive_Tar](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-28948-drupal-core-2020-013-the-drupal-project-uses-the-pear-archive-tar)
- [Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-36193-pear-archive-tar-improper-link-resolution-vulnerability)