CVE-2021-37701

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 8.6
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-37701
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-31T17:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-19T20:11:48
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 4.4.16
cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 5.0.0 5.0.8
cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 6.0.0 6.1.7
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.1.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.6
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 6
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:26:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 09:23:07 2021-08-31T17:15Z 2021-08-31T17:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 09:23:07 2022-04-25T18:30:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 09:23:07 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-12 17:12:34 2022-12-12T16:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-12 17:12:34 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-12 17:12:35 References updated
2022-12-12 18:14:03 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 21:11:33 2023-01-19T20:11:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-19 21:11:33 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 21:11:33 Weakness Enumeration update