GHSA-j44m-qm6p-hp7m

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    GHSA-j44m-qm6p-hp7m

    Published: 1 May 2019Last Modified: 29 Nov 2023

    Summary: Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834, https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d, https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8, https://hackerone.com/reports/344595, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821, https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar, https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2, https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tar

    Purl: pkg:npm/tar

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.0.0
    Fixed -4.4.2

    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