UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8860

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8860
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8860.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8860
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Published
2017-01-23T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:20Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar@0.1.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.1.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.18-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-tar",
            "binary_version": "0.1.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar@1.0.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-tar",
            "binary_version": "1.0.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}