Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package node-chownr  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-NODECHOWNR-657828
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed15 Jun 2020

Introduced: 15 Jun 2020

CVE-2017-18869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-chownr package and not the node-chownr package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.