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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWdmanItM2ptbS00Zzl2
Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
Versions of tar prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because tar does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory.
Recommendation
Update to version 2.0.0 or later
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9vJSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWdmanItM2ptbS00Zzl2
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 7 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago
CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Percentage: 0.00136
EPSS Percentile: 0.49529
Identifiers: GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v, CVE-2015-8860
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8860
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v
- https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.7.5
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/57
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
Blast Radius: 48.8
Affected Packages
npm:tar
Dependent packages: 5,040Dependent repositories: 3,179,743
Downloads: 104,768,847 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 2.0.0
Fixed in: 2.0.0
All affected versions: 0.0.1, 0.1.0, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9, 0.1.10, 0.1.11, 0.1.12, 0.1.13, 0.1.14, 0.1.15, 0.1.16, 0.1.17, 0.1.18, 0.1.19, 0.1.20, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3
All unaffected versions: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.1.8, 3.1.9, 3.1.10, 3.1.11, 3.1.12, 3.1.13, 3.1.14, 3.1.15, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.8, 4.4.9, 4.4.10, 4.4.11, 4.4.12, 4.4.13, 4.4.14, 4.4.15, 4.4.16, 4.4.17, 4.4.18, 4.4.19, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.0.10, 5.0.11, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.9, 6.1.10, 6.1.11, 6.1.12, 6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.1.15, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 7.2.0, 7.3.0, 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3