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Debian: CVE-2017-18869: node-chownr -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 15, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.

Solution

debian-upgrade-node-chownr
Title
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