What is GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v?

GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v cover?

GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2015-8860. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v?

GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v?

GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v affects 1 product, including: npm/tar:\u003c 2.0.0.

GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9vHighCVSS 7.5

Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 24, 2017

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-8860 →

📋 Description

Versions of tar prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because tar does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.0.0 or later

🎯 Affected products1

npm/tar:< 2.0.0

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8860
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v
https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.7.5
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/57
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11