CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-18869

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Published: Jun 15, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2020
CVSS 3.x
2.5
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.

Weakness

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource’s state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Chownr Chownr_project * 1.1.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS RedHat rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS RedHat rh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7 *
Node-chownr Ubuntu groovy *
Node-chownr Ubuntu hirsute *
Node-chownr Ubuntu impish *
Node-chownr Ubuntu kinetic *
Node-chownr Ubuntu lunar *
Node-chownr Ubuntu mantic *
Node-chownr Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

References