CVE-2021-32804: Tar Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite Due To Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9",
  "modified" : "2021-08-30T23:14:50Z",
  "published" : "2021-08-03T19:06:36Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2021-32804" ],
  "summary" : "Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite due to insufficient absolute path sanitization",
  "details" : "### Impact\n\nArbitrary File Creation, Arbitrary File Overwrite, Arbitrary Code Execution\n\n`node-tar` aims to prevent extraction of absolute file paths by turning absolute paths into relative paths when the `preservePaths` flag is not set to `true`. This is achieved by stripping the absolute path root from any absolute file paths contained in a tar file. For example `/home/user/.bashrc` would turn into `home/user/.bashrc`. \n\nThis logic was insufficient when file paths contained repeated path roots such as `////home/user/.bashrc`. `node-tar` would only strip a single path root from such paths. When given an absolute file path with repeating path roots, the resulting path (e.g. `///home/user/.bashrc`) would still resolve to an absolute path, thus allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite. \n\n### Patches\n\n3.2.2 || 4.4.14 || 5.0.6 || 6.1.1\n\nNOTE: an adjacent issue [CVE-2021-32803](https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-r628-mhmh-qjhw) affects this release level. Please ensure you update to the latest patch levels that address CVE-2021-32803 as well if this adjacent issue affects your `node-tar` use case.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nUsers may work around this vulnerability without upgrading by creating a custom `onentry` method which sanitizes the `entry.path` or a `filter` method which removes entries with absolute paths.\n\n```js\nconst path = require('path')\nconst tar = require('tar')\n\ntar.x({\n  file: 'archive.tgz',\n  // either add this function...\n  onentry: (entry) => {\n    if (path.isAbsolute(entry.path)) {\n      entry.path = sanitizeAbsolutePathSomehow(entry.path)\n      entry.absolute = path.resolve(entry.path)\n    }\n  },\n\n  // or this one\n  filter: (file, entry) => {\n    if (path.isAbsolute(entry.path)) {\n      return false\n    } else {\n      return true\n    }\n  }\n})\n```\n\nUsers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest patch versions, rather than attempt to sanitize tar input themselves.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
  } ],
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    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "tar"
    },
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      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
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        "introduced" : "0"
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        "fixed" : "3.2.2"
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        "introduced" : "4.0.0"
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        "introduced" : "5.0.0"
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        "fixed" : "5.0.6"
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        "introduced" : "6.0.0"
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        "fixed" : "6.1.1"
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  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32804"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/1f036ca23f64a547bdd6c79c1a44bc62e8115da4"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/npm/node-tar"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1770"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://www.npmjs.com/package/tar"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-22" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2021-08-03T19:06:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2021-08-03T19:15:00Z"
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