USN-5283-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5283-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5283-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5283-1
Related
Published
2022-02-11T14:43:32.251822Z
Modified
2022-02-11T14:43:32.251822Z
Summary
node-tar vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, resulting in a directory traversal attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.10+ds1-2
4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "node-tar"
        }
    ]
}