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Debian: CVE-2019-13173: node-fstream -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-13173: node-fstream -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/02/2019
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

fstream 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-node-fstream

References

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