node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, tar.replace accepts a checksum-valid tar header with a negative base-256 encoded entry size, causing the archive scanner to make no progress while repeatedly parsing the same header. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| isaacs | node-tar | < 7.5.18 |
Updated severity to HIGH, added CVSS estimate of 7.5, and specified the fixed version as 7.5.18.
Initial creation
