CVE - CVE-2018-20834

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20834	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).
References
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MISC:https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d MISC:https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8 MISC:https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2 MISC:https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779 MISC:https://hackerone.com/reports/344595 MISC:https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834 REDHAT:RHSA-2019:1821 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20190430	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20190430)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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