CVE-2019-10773

Summary

CVECVE-2019-10773
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-16 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:02:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Yarn before 1.21.1, the package install functionality can be abused to generate arbitrary symlinks on the host filesystem by using specially crafted "bin" keys. Existing files could be overwritten depending on the current user permission set.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Yarnpkg Yarn All All All All
Application Yarnpkg Yarn All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: nodejs-yarn-1.21.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Fixes bin overwrites (#7755) · yarnpkg/yarn@039bafd · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Page not found | Snyk snyk.io
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: nodejs-yarn-1.21.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: nodejs-yarn-1.21.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: nodejs-yarn-1.21.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Invalid vulnerability MISC snyk.io Broken Link
globally-installed package overwrites an existing binary in the target install location · Issue #7761 · yarnpkg/yarn · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
binary planting and arbitrary file (over)write vulnerabilities in npm, pnpm and yarn | Blog of Daniel Ruf MISC blog.daniel-ruf.de Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981590 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for yarn (GHSA-5xf4-f2fq-f69j)

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