A flaw was found in the way nodejs-tar, a Node.js module for reading and writing of tar archives, handled symbolic links when processing NPM packages. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to rewrite arbitrary files on the system.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8860 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | nodejs010-nodejs-tar | Will not fix |
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