Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2019167770000000
Revision Date:2019-12-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-16777 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
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
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-16777
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND npm package in bionic is affected and may need fixing.
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