Bug 2355460 (CVE-2024-12905)

Summary: CVE-2024-12905 tar-fs: link following and path traversal via maliciously crafted tar file
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abarbaro, ahrabovs, amctagga, aoconnor, asoldano, aucunnin, bbaranow, bmaxwell, bniver, brian.stansberry, caswilli, darran.lofthouse, dfreiber, dhanak, dkreling, dosoudil, drosa, drow, dsimansk, flucifre, gkamathe, gmalinko, gmeno, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jburrell, jcantril, jchui, jforrest, jhe, jkoehler, kaycoth, kingland, ktsao, kverlaen, lball, lphiri, matzew, mbenjamin, mhackett, mnovotny, mosmerov, msochure, mstoklus, msvehla, nboldt, ngough, nwallace, pdelbell, periklis, pesilva, pierdipi, pjindal, pmackay, psrna, rhuss, rojacob, rstancel, rstepani, sausingh, sdawley, smaestri, sostapov, tom.jenkinson, vereddy, veshanka, vkumar
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A flaw was found in the tar-fs package for Node.js. In affected versions, unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory can occur when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package.
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Bug Depends On: 2355666, 2355665, 2355667, 2355668, 2355669, 2389975, 2389976, 2393380    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-27 17:02:38 UTC
An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal"). This vulnerability occurs when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file, which can result in unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package.

This issue affects tar-fs: from 0.0.0 before 1.16.4, from 2.0.0 before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.8.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-15 21:50:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3 Containers

Via RHSA-2025:3932 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3932

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-27 22:52:21 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3 Containers

Via RHSA-2025:8244 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8244