USN-5283-1

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    USN-5283-1

    Published: 11 Feb 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: node-tar vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, resulting in a directory traversal attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5283-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32803

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-tar

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    4.4.10+ds1-2
    4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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