CVE-2024-12905

Name	CVE-2024-12905
Description	An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal"). This vulnerability occurs when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file, which can result in unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package. This issue affects tar-fs: from 0.0.0 before 1.16.4, from 2.0.0 before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.8.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1101501

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	vulnerable
	bookworm	2.1.1-6	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	3.0.8+~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)	3.0.8+~cs2.0.4-1			1101501

Notes

[bookworm] - node-tar-fs <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - node-tar-fs <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pq67-2wwv-3xjx
https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/fd1634e869e7c5f85948e95eabdaa8451a085de5 (v2.1.2)
https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed (v3.0.7)