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F5 Networks: CVE-2024-28863: K000139643: Node-tar vulnerability CVE-2024-28863

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F5 Networks: CVE-2024-28863: K000139643: Node-tar vulnerability CVE-2024-28863

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/21/2024
Created
05/21/2024
Added
05/20/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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