It was discovered that npm/fstream incorrectly handled certain crafted tarballs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write aritrary files to the filesystem.
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "1.0.10-1ubuntu0.18.04.1",
"binary_name": "node-fstream"
}
],
"availability": "No subscription required"
}
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4123-1.json"
{
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2019-13173",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "low"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}