Arbitrary File Overwrite Affecting org.webjars:tar package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-480253
  • published7 Apr 2019
  • disclosed4 Apr 2019
  • creditMax Justicz

Introduced: 4 Apr 2019

CVE-2018-20834  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for org.webjars:tar.

Overview

org.webjars:tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hard-link to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hard-link may overwrite system's files with the contents of the extracted file.

CVSS Base Scores

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