SB2021111706 - Path traversal in NPM Tar
Published: November 17, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021111706
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37701)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when extracting tar files that contained both a directory and a symlink with
the same name as the directory, where the symlink and directory names in
the archive entry used backslashes as a path separator on posix
systems. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted archive and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.