[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1055612: libjs-bootbox: CVE-2023-46998

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libjs-bootbox
Version: 5.5.3~ds-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/bootboxjs/bootbox/issues/661
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libjs-bootbox.

CVE-2023-46998[0]:
| Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in BootBox Bootbox.js v.3.2
| through 6.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a
| crafted payload to alert(), confirm(), prompt() functions.

At time of writing, there is no upstream fix for this issue. Cf. as
well [1].

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-2023-46998
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46998
[1] https://github.com/bootboxjs/bootbox/issues/661

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore