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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20834
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 tarba...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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).
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
node-tar
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.4+ds1-2"}]}]
Debian:13
node-tar
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.4+ds1-2"}]}]
Debian:14
node-tar
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.4+ds1-2"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org