[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#992291: ckeditor: CVE-2021-32809

[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-2021-32809[0]:
| ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content
| support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4
| [Clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) package. The
| vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed
| HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor.
| It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at
| version >= 4.5.2. 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-2021-32809
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-32809
[1] https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore