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Ubuntu 20.04 ESM : Tar for Node.js vulnerability (USN-5283-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183590

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5283-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, resulting in a directory traversal attack.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected node-tar package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5283-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183590

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5283-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-tar, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32803

USN: 5283-1