CVE-2019-5484 – bower

Package

Manager: npm
Name: bower
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.8.8

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00503 pctl0.65091

Details

Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in bower Versions of `bower` prior to 1.8.8 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because `bower` does not verify that extracted symbolic links do not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.8.8 or later

Metadata

Created: 2019-09-17T23:21:34Z
Modified: 2023-03-01T01:53:44Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/09/GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx/GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-22"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx
Finding: F063
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