CVE-2018-20834

Name
CVE-2018-20834
Description
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).
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Exploit https://hackerone.com/reports/344595
Patch https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779
Patch https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
MISC https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d
MISC https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834
MISC https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* node-tar >= 3.0.0 < 4.4.2
cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* node-tar >= None < 2.2.2
cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tar >= None < 2.2.2
cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tar >= 3.0.0 < 4.4.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
tar edge-main 1.35-r4 Celeste <cielesti@protonmail.com> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.35-r3 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.35-r2 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.35-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.34-r4 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.34-r3 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.34-r2 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.34-r1 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.34-r0 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.31-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar edge-main 1.29-r1 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.23-main 1.35-r4 Celeste <cielesti@protonmail.com> possibly vulnerable
tar 3.22-main 1.35-r3 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar 3.22-main 1.34-r2 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.22-main 1.34-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.22-main 1.31-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.22-main 1.29-r1 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.21-main 1.35-r2 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar 3.21-main 1.34-r2 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.21-main 1.34-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.21-main 1.31-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.21-main 1.29-r1 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.20-main 1.35-r2 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar 3.20-main 1.34-r2 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.20-main 1.34-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.20-main 1.31-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.20-main 1.29-r1 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.19-main 1.35-r2 Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
tar 3.19-main 1.34-r2 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.19-main 1.34-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.19-main 1.31-r0 None possibly vulnerable
tar 3.19-main 1.29-r1 None possibly vulnerable