GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8 cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio DoS vulnerability

• npm cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio: < 5.0.1 → fixed in 5.0.1

Summary: Sending a specially crafted intent with an invalid/empty extras `de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity` can cause the app to crash. sending the intent repeatedly can prevent the app using this plugin from working, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Impact A 3rd party app/remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious intent to the target device, causing the app using this plugin from working to crash or become unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Mitigation Version 5.0.1 of the cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio doesn't export the activity anymore and is no longer vulnerable. If you want to fix older versions change the attribute `android:exported` of this code snippet in plugin.xml to `false`: ```xml ``` Patches Please upgrade to version 5.0.1 as soon as possible. Please check out the release on GitHub. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory please go to the discussion on GitHub.