DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8860
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860
Upstream
Published
2017-01-23T21:59:00.690Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:36.276684Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860.json"

Debian:12 / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860.json"

Debian:13 / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860.json"

Debian:14 / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8860.json"