GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v

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    GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-8860

    Summary: Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar

    Details: Versions of `tar` prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because `tar` does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory. ## Recommendation Update to version 2.0.0 or later

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8860, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v, https://github.com/npm/npm, https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.7.5, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/57, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tar

    Purl: pkg:npm/tar

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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