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CVE-2013-4116
Published: Apr 22, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
61083
vdb-entry
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917
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[oss-security] 20130711 Re: npm uses predictable temporary filenames when unpacking tarballs
mailing-list
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325
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https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635
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https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693
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[oss-security] 20130710 npm uses predictable temporary filenames when unpacking tarballs
mailing-list
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node-packaged-cve20134116-symlink(87141)
vdb-entry
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