Arbitrary File Overwrite Affecting fstream package, versions <1.0.12
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.24% (63rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-FSTREAM-174725
- published 15 May 2019
- disclosed 15 May 2019
- credit Max Justicz
Introduced: 15 May 2019
CVE-2019-13173 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade fstream to version 1.0.12 or higher.
Overview
fstream is a package that supports advanced FS Streaming for Node.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system and a file that matches the hardlink will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file.
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