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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-16777: ELSA-2020-0579: nodejs:10 security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 12, 2019
Added
Mar 2, 2020
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite. It fails to prevent existing globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installations. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the previous serve binary. This behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejsoracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-develoracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-docsoracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-nodemonoracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-packagingoracle-linux-upgrade-npm
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