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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.2555
node -- access to unintended files
12 October 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: node
Publisher: FreeBSD
Operating System: FreeBSD
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-14849
Original Bulletin:
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/1257718e-be97-458a-9744-d938b592db42.html
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than FreeBSD. It is recommended that administrators
running node check for an updated version of the software for their
operating system.
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node -- access to unintended files
Affected packages
8.5.0 <= node < 8.6.0
Details
VuXML ID 1257718e-be97-458a-9744-d938b592db42
Discovery 2017-09-27
Entry 2017-10-10
node developers report:
Node.js 8.5.0 before 8.6.0 allows remote attackers to access unintended files,
because a change to ".." handling was incompatible with the pathname validation
used by unspecified community modules.
[source]
References
CVE Name CVE-2017-14849
URL http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101056
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