SB2019011626 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data in drupal7 (Alpine package)



SB2019011626 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data in drupal7 (Alpine package)

Published: January 16, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019011626
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000888)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within tar files. A remote attacker can create a tar file with `phar://[path_to_malicious_phar_file]` as path  and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.