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FreeBSD: VID-2A3588B4-AB12-11EA-A051-001B217B3468 (CVE-2019-16776): NPM -- Multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-2A3588B4-AB12-11EA-A051-001B217B3468 (CVE-2019-16776): NPM -- Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/13/2019
Created
06/12/2020
Added
06/11/2020
Modified
06/11/2020

Description

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It fails to prevent access to folders outside of the intended node_modules folder through the bin field. A properly constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow a package publisher to modify and/or gain access to arbitrary files on a user's system when the package is installed. This behavior is still possible through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-npm

References

  • CVE-2019-16776

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