CVE-2019-13173

High

Description

fstream before 1.0.12 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink, will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. The fstream.DirWriter() function is vulnerable.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductFstream
PublishedJul 2, 2019
First seenJul 2, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • fstream_project fstream1.0.12 or later
  • fstream1.0.12 or later
Vendor advisories

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
fstream_project fstreamv < 1.0.121.0.12
fstreamnpmv < 1.0.121.0.12

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