Description
The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
Remediation
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/57
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