GHSA-h9x2-5rm7-x4gm

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    GHSA-h9x2-5rm7-x4gm

    Published: 3 Jun 2019Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-9238

    Summary: Insecure Comparison in secure-compare

    Details: Versions of `secure-compare` prior to 3.0.1 are affected by a vulnerability that results in the package always returning true when comparing two strings of the same length, despite differences in the contents of those strings. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 3.0.1 or later.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9238, https://github.com/vdemedes/secure-compare/pull/1, https://github.com/vadimdemedes/secure-compare/commit/dd1ff1ac0122de7e0af4f00c61ed73261062394a, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/50

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: secure-compare

    Purl: pkg:npm/secure-compare

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High