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Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar

2017-10-2418:33:36
CWE-59
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
19

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

55.6%

Versions of tar prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because tar does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.0.0 or later

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
tar_projecttarRange<2.0.0
VendorProductVersionCPE
tar_projecttar*cpe:2.3:a:tar_project:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

55.6%