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CVE-2019-15608 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1190
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/commit/0474b8c66a8ea298f5e4dedc67b2de464297ad1c
https://hackerone.com/reports/703138 Exploit  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-840 Business Logic Errors HackerOne  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-15608
NVD Published Date:
03/15/2020
NVD Last Modified:
03/20/2020
Source:
HackerOne