| Name | CVE-2018-20835 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-tar-fs (PTS) | bullseye | 2.1.1-2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.1.3-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.1.1-6 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 3.0.9+~cs2.0.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-tar-fs | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- node-tar-fs <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to Debian)
https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/06672828e6fa29ac8551b1b6f36c852a9a3c58a2 (v1.16.2)