| Name | CVE-2015-8860 |
| Description | The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-tar (PTS) | jessie | 0.1.18-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.2.1-1 | fixed |
| buster | 4.4.6+ds1-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.4.6+ds1-3+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-tar | source | (unstable) | 2.2.1-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
libv8 is not covered by security support