lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via
    a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.
    (CVE-2013-4116)

Update to the latest version of npm, fixing several bugs including a minor security bug.

For more information about recent changes in npm, see the changelog at GitHub: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/commits/v1.3.3

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update provides the latest npm and updates its dependencies. It also fixes a minor security bug.

For more information about recent changes in npm, see the changelog at GitHub: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/commits/v1.3.3

Additionally, this update restricts all included packages to only the architectures supported by the V8 JavaScript runtime.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
419036	SCA: security update for npm (GHSA-v3jv-wrf4-5845)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
419036	SCA: security update for npm (GHSA-v3jv-wrf4-5845)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
69005	Fedora 19 : node-gyp-0.10.6-1.fc19 / nodejs-fstream-0.1.23-1.fc19 / nodejs-glob-3.2.3-1.fc19 / etc (2013-12908)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
68999	Fedora 18 : nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.0-1.fc18 / node-gyp-0.10.6-1.fc18 / etc (2013-11780)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2013-4116

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

low

low