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Debian: CVE-2020-8244: node-bl -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-8244: node-bl -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/30/2020
Created
07/02/2021
Added
07/02/2021
Modified
07/02/2021

Description

A buffer over-read vulnerability exists in bl <4.0.3, <3.0.1, <2.2.1, and <1.2.3 which could allow an attacker to supply user input (even typed) that if it ends up in consume() argument and can become negative, the BufferList state can be corrupted, tricking it into exposing uninitialized memory via regular .slice() calls.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-node-bl

References

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