CVE-2019-16777

CVE Details

Release Date:

2019-12-12

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.

See more information about CVE-2019-16777 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2020-0579	2020-02-26
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2020-0579	2020-02-26
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2020-0579	2020-02-26

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