| Description: | The php-pear package contains the PHP Extension and Application Repository(PEAR), a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.It was found that the "pear" command created temporary files in an insecureway when installing packages. A malicious, local user could use this flawto conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contentsof arbitrary files accessible to the victim running the "pear install"command. (CVE-2011-1072)This update also fixes the following bugs:* The php-pear package has been upgraded to version 1.9.4, which provides anumber of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#651897)* Prior to this update, php-pear created a cache in the"/var/cache/php-pear/" directory when attempting to list all packages. As aconsequence, php-pear failed to create or update the cache file as aregular user without sufficient file permissions and could not list allpackages. With this update, php-pear no longer fails if writing to thecache directory is not permitted. Now, all packages are listed as expected.(BZ#747361)All users of php-pear are advised to upgrade to this updated package, whichcorrects these issues. |