CVE-2020-28948: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Archive_Tar

CVE-2020-28948 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-04-22

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Archive_Tar

Technologies: drupal/core (Packagist), pear/archive_tar (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2020-28948 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2020-28948 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2020-28948?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 22 April 2021.
Which products and versions are affected?
drupal/core (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=8.0.0,fixed=8.8.12|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=8.9.0,fixed=8.9.10|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.0.0,fixed=9.0.9; pear/archive_tar (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.11.
Is there a fix for CVE-2020-28948?
Yes. drupal/core (Packagist): upgrade to 8.8.12 or later; pear/archive_tar (Packagist): upgrade to 1.4.11 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-28948?
Check whether you run drupal/core (Packagist) or 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

  • drupal/core (Packagist): upgrade to 8.8.12 or later
    composer require drupal/core:^8.8.12
  • pear/archive_tar (Packagist): upgrade to 1.4.11 or later
    composer require pear/archive_tar:^1.4.11

Affected products

  • drupal/core (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=8.0.0,fixed=8.8.12|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=8.9.0,fixed=8.9.10|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.0.0,fixed=9.0.9
  • pear/archive_tar (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.11

Identifiers

  • CVE-2020-28948
  • CVE-2020-28949
  • DRUPAL-CORE-2020-013
  • GHSA-75c5-f4gw-38r9
  • GHSA-jh5x-hfhg-78jq

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