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Debian: CVE-2019-15608: node-yarnpkg -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-15608: node-yarnpkg -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/15/2020
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

The package integrity validation in yarn < 1.19.0 contains a TOCTOU vulnerability where the hash is computed before writing a package to cache. It's not computed again when reading from the cache. This may lead to a cache pollution attack.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-node-yarnpkg

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