| Name | CVE-2024-28863 |
| Description | node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders. |
| 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 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.4.6+ds1-3+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1 | 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 | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| node-tar | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| node-tar | source | (unstable) | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-2 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - node-tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - node-tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - node-tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7 (v6.2.1)