Improper Privilege Management Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:17-3.module+el8.1.0+5392+4d6b561f


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSPACKAGING-2549150
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2019

Introduced: 13 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-16777  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:17-3.module+el8.1.0+5392+4d6b561f or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-0579.

NVD Description

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

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite. It fails to prevent existing globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installations. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the previous serve binary. This behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.

CVSS Scores

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