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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20834

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20834 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13node-tar0, 0, 0
Debian:12node-tar0, 0, 0
Debian:11node-tar0, 0, 0
Debian:14node-tar0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Apr 30, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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