Symlink File Overwrite Affecting org.webjars.npm:tar package, versions (0.0.1,2.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-480256
  • published6 Nov 2015
  • disclosed3 Nov 2015
  • creditTim Cuthbertson

Introduced: 3 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-8860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:tar to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink File Overwrite. It does not properly normalize symbolic links pointing to targets outside the extraction root. As a result, packages may hold symbolic links to parent and sibling directories and overwrite those files when the package is extracted.

CVSS Scores

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