Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-37713 CVE-2021-37712 |
CWE-ID | CWE-22 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
tar Web applications / JS libraries |
Vendor | npm Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU58204
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37713
CWE-ID:
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due insufficient logic on Windows systems when extracting tar files that contained a path that
was not an absolute path, but specified a drive letter different from
the extraction target, such as C:some\path
. If the drive letter does not match the extraction target, for example D:\extraction\dir
, then the result of path.resolve(extractionDirectory, entryPath)
would resolve against the current working directory on the C:
drive, rather than the extraction target directory.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionstar: 4.0.0 - 6.1.8
External linkshttp://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU58203
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37712
CWE-ID:
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when extracting tar files that contained two directories and a symlink
with names containing unicode values that normalized to the same value. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted archive that, when extracted, can overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionstar: 4.0.0 - 6.1.8
External linkshttp://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-qq89-hq3f-393p
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.