CVE-2015-8860 – tar

Package

Manager: npm
Name: tar
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <2.0.0

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/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:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00365 pctl0.57738

Details

Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar Versions of `tar` prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because `tar` does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory. ## Recommendation Update to version 2.0.0 or later

Metadata

Created: 2017-10-24T18:33:36Z
Modified: 2021-09-10T20:53:22Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-59"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v
Finding: F076
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