Executive Summary

Summary
Title npm/fstream vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4123-1 First vendor Publication 2019-09-05
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-09-05
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

npm/fstream could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description: - node-fstream: Advanced filesystem streaming tools for Node.js

Details:

It was discovered that npm/fstream incorrectly handled certain crafted tarballs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write aritrary files to the filesystem.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
node-fstream 1.0.10-1ubuntu0.19.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
node-fstream 1.0.10-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4123-1
CVE-2019-13173

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-fstream/1.0.10-1ubuntu0.19.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-fstream/1.0.10-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4123-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

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Date Informations
2019-09-05 17:19:09
  • First insertion