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CVE-2021-37701 (High) detected in tar-6.1.0.tgz #105

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CVE-2021-37701 (High) detected in tar-6.1.0.tgz #105

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CVE-2021-37701 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tar-6.1.0.tgz

tar for node

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/tar/-/tar-6.1.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/tar/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • react-scripts-4.0.3.tgz (Root Library)
    • terser-webpack-plugin-4.2.3.tgz
      • cacache-15.0.6.tgz
        • tar-6.1.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 791b9c46e4ab01360326f8f69e9cb194d26c673d

Found in base branch: PreProduction

Vulnerability Details

The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 4.4.16, 5.0.8, and 6.1.7 has an arbitrary file creation/overwrite and arbitrary code execution vulnerability. node-tar aims to guarantee that any file whose location would be modified by a symbolic link is not extracted. This is, in part, achieved by ensuring that extracted directories are not symlinks. Additionally, in order to prevent unnecessary stat calls to determine whether a given path is a directory, paths are cached when directories are created. This logic was insufficient when extracting tar files that contained both a directory and a symlink with the same name as the directory, where the symlink and directory names in the archive entry used backslashes as a path separator on posix systems. The cache checking logic used both \ and / characters as path separators, however \ is a valid filename character on posix systems. By first creating a directory, and then replacing that directory with a symlink, it was thus possible to bypass node-tar symlink checks on directories, essentially allowing an untrusted tar file to symlink into an arbitrary location and subsequently extracting arbitrary files into that location, thus allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite. Additionally, a similar confusion could arise on case-insensitive filesystems. If a tar archive contained a directory at FOO, followed by a symbolic link named foo, then on case-insensitive file systems, the creation of the symbolic link would remove the directory from the filesystem, but not from the internal directory cache, as it would not be treated as a cache hit. A subsequent file entry within the FOO directory would then be placed in the target of the symbolic link, thinking that the directory had already been created. These issues were addressed in releases 4.4.16, 5.0.8 and 6.1.7. The v3 branch of node-tar has been deprecated and did not receive patches for these issues. If you are still using a v3 release we recommend you update to a more recent version of node-tar. If this is not possible, a workaround is available in the referenced GHSA-9r2w-394v-53qc.

Publish Date: 2021-08-31

URL: CVE-2021-37701

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.6)

Base Score Metrics:

  • Exploitability Metrics:
    • Attack Vector: Local
    • Attack Complexity: Low
    • Privileges Required: None
    • User Interaction: Required
    • Scope: Changed
  • Impact Metrics:
    • Confidentiality Impact: High
    • Integrity Impact: High
    • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-9r2w-394v-53qc

Release Date: 2021-08-31

Fix Resolution (tar): 6.1.7

Direct dependency fix Resolution (react-scripts): 5.0.0


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