UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15608

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15608
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15608.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15608
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:45:18Z
Published
2020-03-15T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:23:48.470160Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The package integrity validation in yarn < 1.19.0 contains a TOCTOU vulnerability where the hash is computed before writing a package to cache. It's not computed again when reading from the cache. This may lead to a cache pollution attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-yarnpkg

Package

Name
node-yarnpkg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yarnpkg@1.19.1-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.19.1-1

Affected versions

1.*
1.13.0-1build1
1.13.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "yarnpkg",
            "binary_version": "1.19.1-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15608.json"