USN-5027-1 fixed a vulnerability in PEAR. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that PEAR incorrectly handled symbolic links in archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
{
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.3+esm1",
"binary_name": "php-pear"
}
]
}
{
"cves": [
{
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
],
"id": "CVE-2021-32610"
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5027-2.json"