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CVE-2018-20834

Published: 30 April 2019

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).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
node-tar
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (4.4.4+ds1-2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.4.4+ds1-2)
disco Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N