[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#982587: ckeditor: CVE-2021-26271 CVE-2021-26272

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ckeditor
Version: 4.12.1+dfsg-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerabilities were published for ckeditor.

CVE-2021-26271[0]:
| It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4
| before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted text into the
| Styles input of specific dialogs (in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs
| plugin).


CVE-2021-26272[1]:
| It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4
| before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into
| the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).


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

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26271
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26271
[1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26272
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26272

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore