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 | tar | npm/tar: <= 7.5.17 |
Downstream vendors/products affected by this vulnerability
| Vendor | Product | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| atlassian | crucible | cert_advisory | 90% |
| atlassian | jira | cert_advisory | 90% |
| atlassian | confluence | cert_advisory | 90% |
| atlassian | fisheye | cert_advisory | 90% |
| atlassian | bitbucket | cert_advisory | 90% |
Updated severity to HIGH, added CVSS estimate of 7.5, and specified the fixed version as 7.5.18.
Initial creation
