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Arbitrary File Overwrite Affecting fstream package, versions <1.0.12

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (53rd percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.3 high
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Red Hat
7.3 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-FSTREAM-174725
  • published 15 May 2019
  • disclosed 15 May 2019
  • credit Max Justicz
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Introduced: 15 May 2019

CVE-2019-13173 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-59 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade fstream to version 1.0.12 or higher.

Overview

fstream is a package that supports advanced FS Streaming for Node.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system and a file that matches the hardlink will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file.