CVE-2013-4116 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141 https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693 https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635