ubuntu-cve-2024-28863
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-03-21 23:15
Modified
2025-09-08 17:00
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-tar",
            "binary_version": "4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-tar",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar@4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.4.10+ds1-2",
        "4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1",
        "4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-tar",
            "binary_version": "6.1.11+ds1+~cs6.0.6-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-tar",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar@6.1.11+ds1+~cs6.0.6-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.1.7+~cs11.3.10-1",
        "6.1.11+~cs11.3.10-1",
        "6.1.11+ds1+~cs6.0.6-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-tar",
            "binary_version": "6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-tar",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar@6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
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            {
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            }
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      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1",
        "6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28863",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T17:00:20Z",
  "published": "2024-03-21T23:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28863"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28863"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-28863"
  ]
}



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