CVE-2024-28863

Name	CVE-2024-28863
Description	node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4552-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
node-tar (PTS)	bullseye	6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u2	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
node-tar	source	bullseye	6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3		DLA-4552-1
node-tar	source	(unstable)	6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-2

Notes

[bookworm] - node-tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - node-tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7 (v6.2.1)