CVE-2018-20834
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 30, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 30, 2019
Description
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).
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/344595
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779
- RHSA-2019:1821vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d
- https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2
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