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CVE-2024-28863: Denial of service while parsing a tar file due to lack of folders count validation

March 22, 2024 (updated June 10, 2024)

Denial of service by crashing the nodejs client when attempting to parse a tar archive, make it run out of heap memory and consuming server CPU and memory resources

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
  • github.com/isaacs/node-tar
  • github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7
  • github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28863
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.2.1

Fixed versions

  • 6.2.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.2.1 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

npm/tar/CVE-2024-28863.yml

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