CVE-2024-28863 Affecting nodejs:20/nodejs-full-i18n package, versions <1:20.16.0-1.module_el8.10.0+3882+e12e42db


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-NODEJS-7833594
  • published26 Aug 2024
  • disclosed3 Sept 2024

Introduced: 26 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-28863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 nodejs:20/nodejs-full-i18n to version 1:20.16.0-1.module_el8.10.0+3882+e12e42db or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:5814.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:20/nodejs-full-i18n package and not the nodejs:20/nodejs-full-i18n package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.

CVSS Scores

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