CVE-2020-8252

Name
CVE-2020-8252
Description
The implementation of realpath in libuv < 10.22.1, < 12.18.4, and < 14.9.0 used within Node.js incorrectly determined the buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is longer than 256 bytes.
NVD Severity
medium
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
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/965914
Vendor Advisory https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-15
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4548-1/
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html
CONFIRM https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00023.html
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* node.js >= 10.0.0 < 10.22.1
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* node.js >= 12.0.0 < 12.18.4
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* node.js >= 14.0.0 < 14.9.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* nodejs >= 10.0.0 < 10.22.1
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* nodejs >= 12.0.0 < 12.18.4
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* nodejs >= 14.0.0 < 14.9.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
libuv 3.12-main 1.38.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed