CVE-2019-13173

Summary

CVECVE-2019-13173
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-02 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
Descriptionfstream before 1.0.12 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink, will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. The fstream.DirWriter() function is vulnerable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fstream Project Fstream All All All All
Application Fstream Project Fstream All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1907-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Overview MISC www.npmjs.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1846-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4123-1: npm/fstream vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Clobber a Link if it's in the way of a File · npm/fstream@6a77d2f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981772 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for fstream (GHSA-xf7w-r453-m56c)

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