GHSA-j44m-qm6p-hp7m
Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2018-20834
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
Versions of `tar` prior to 4.4.2 for 4.x and 2.2.2 for 2.x are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. ## Recommendation For tar 4.x, upgrade to version 4.4.2 or later. For tar 2.x, upgrade to version 2.2.2 or later.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · tar | introduced 3.0.0, fixed 4.4.2 |
| npm · tar | introduced 0, fixed 2.2.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d WEB
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8 WEB
- https://hackerone.com/reports/344595 WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821 WEB
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar PACKAGE
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2 WEB
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |