cve-2024-28863
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-03-21 22:10
Modified
2024-08-02 13:53
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
node-tar vulnerable to denial of service while parsing a tar file due to lack of folders count validation
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
security-advisories@github.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/
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