CVE-2024-28863 Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:2021.06-4.module+el8.9.0+90157+ed89dc20


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSPACKAGING-7833818
  • published27 Aug 2024
  • disclosed21 Mar 2024

Introduced: 21 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.9.0+90157+ed89dc20 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6148.

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.

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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