Improper Input Validation in tar-fs
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 1, 2019
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Apr 30, 2019
Reviewed
May 1, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 1, 2019
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content.
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