Symlink attack due to predictable tmp folder names Affecting npm package, versions <1.3.4
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0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:npm:20130708
- published 13 Feb 2017
- disclosed 7 Jul 2013
- credit Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Introduced: 7 Jul 2013
CVE-2013-4116 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade npm to version 1.3.3 or higher.
Overview
npm is a package manager for JavaScript.
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Symlink attack due to predictable tmp folder names, which were named /tmp/npm-$PID. An attacker waiting for a process named npm- to load could then go to the folder and arbitrarily change the files in the tmp folder.
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