SB2019121220 - Path traversal in bin-links package for Node.js
Published: December 12, 2019 Updated: January 5, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121220
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. The software fails to prevent globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other
package installs. For example, if a package was installed globally and
created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the first binary.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.