DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511

    Published: 21 Jun 2021Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-27511

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components in Prototype 1.7.3 where an attacker can cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) through stripping crafted HTML tags.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27511

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: prototypejs

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/prototypejs?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.3-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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