CVE-2017-16024
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-16024 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-06-04 19:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-09 23:24:00 UTC |
| Description | The sync-exec module is used to simulate child_process.execSync in node versions <0.11.9. Sync-exec uses tmp directories as a buffer before returning values. Other users on the server have read access to the tmp directory, possibly allowing an attacker on the server to obtain confidential information from the buffer/tmp file, while it exists. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-200
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insecure temporary directores · Issue #17 · gvarsanyi/sync-exec · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Insecure Temporary File - OWASP | MISC | www.owasp.org | Third Party Advisory |
| CWE - Individual CWE Dictionary Definition (Draft 6) | MISC | cwe.mitre.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Overview | MISC | nodesecurity.io | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 983421 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for sync-exec (GHSA-38h8-x697-gh8q)