[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1034148: node-xml2js: CVE-2023-0842

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: node-xml2js
Version: 0.4.23+~cs15.4.0+dfsg-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Leonidas-from-XIV/node-xml2js/issues/663
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for node-xml2js.

CVE-2023-0842[0]:
| xml2js version 0.4.23 allows an external attacker to edit or add new
| properties to an object. This is possible because the application does
| not properly validate incoming JSON keys, thus allowing the __proto__
| property to be edited.


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-2023-0842
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0842
[1] https://github.com/Leonidas-from-XIV/node-xml2js/issues/663

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore