[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#992290: ckeditor: CVE-2021-37695

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ckeditor
Version: 4.16.0+dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 4.11.1+dfsg-1

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for ckeditor.

CVE-2021-37695[0]:
| ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content
| support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4
| [Fake Objects](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/fakeobjects) package.
| The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed Fake Objects HTML, which
| could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using
| the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version < 4.16.2. The
| problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in
| version 4.16.2.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-37695
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-37695
[1] https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-m94c-37g6-cjhc

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore