CVE-2017-18869

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18869
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-15 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-17 19:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-367

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Chownr Project Chownr All All All All
Application Chownr Project Chownr All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
This package appears to have a TOCTOU bug · Issue #14 · isaacs/chownr · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Bug Access Denied MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Permissions Required
Time of Check Time of Use (TOCTOU) | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
#863985 - ITP: node-chownr -- Javascript implementation of chown -R. - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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