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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : tar-fs vulnerabilities (USN-8367-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 318627

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8367-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that tar-fs did not properly limit paths when extracting crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write or overwrite files outside the intended extraction directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-12905)

 It was discovered that tar-fs did not properly validate extraction paths for certain crafted tar archives.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files outside the intended extraction directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-48387)

 It was discovered that tar-fs had a symlink validation bypass when extracting crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files outside the intended extraction directory.
 (CVE-2025-59343)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected node-tar-fs package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8367-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 318627

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8367-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2026

Updated: 6/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59343

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12905

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-tar-fs

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12905, CVE-2025-48387, CVE-2025-59343

USN: 8367-1