DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20834

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20834

    Published: 30 Apr 2019Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20834

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20834

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-tar

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.4+ds1-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High