Link Following Affecting npm package, versions <1.3.10~dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-NPM-271442
- published 22 Apr 2014
- disclosed 22 Apr 2014
Introduced: 22 Apr 2014
CVE-2013-4116 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
npm
to version 1.3.10~dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream npm
package and not the npm
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4116
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141