GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm, RubyGems
GHSA-34r7-q49f-h37c Incorrect Handling of Non-Boolean Comparisons During Minification in uglify-js
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2015-8857
- Ecosystem
- npm, RubyGems
- Packages
- uglify-js, uglifier
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1254, CWE-670
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• npm uglify-js: < 2.4.24 → fixed in 2.4.24
• RubyGems uglifier: < 2.7.2 → fixed in 2.7.2
Description
Versions of `uglify-js` prior to 2.4.24 are affected by a vulnerability which may cause crafted JavaScript to have altered functionality after minification.
Recommendation
Upgrade UglifyJS to version >= 2.4.24.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2015-8857 The uglify-js package before 2.4.24 for Node.js does not properly account for non-boolean values when rewriting boolean expressions, which… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8857 advisory
- https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/issues/751 web
- https://github.com/lautis/uglifier/commit/4677bfe38142937ff952f95605bcec4618892c3e web
- https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2 package
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/uglifier/CVE-2015-8857.yml web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227190830/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96410 web
- https://zyan.scripts.mit.edu/blog/backdooring-js web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 web