USN-4777-1: node-tar vulnerability

15 March 2021

node-tar could be made to write arbitrary files to the filesystem if it opened a specially crafted tar archive.

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It was discovered that node-tar mishandled certain tar archives. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the
filesystem.

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

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

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