[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1053880: node-babel7: CVE-2023-45133

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: node-babel7
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for node-babel7.

CVE-2023-45133[0]:
| Babel is a compiler for writingJavaScript. In `@babel/traverse`
| prior to versions 7.23.2 and 8.0.0-alpha.4 and all versions of
| `babel-traverse`, using Babel to compile code that was specifically
| crafted by an attacker can lead to arbitrary code execution during
| compilation, when using plugins that rely on the `path.evaluate()`or
| `path.evaluateTruthy()` internal Babel methods. Known affected
| plugins are `@babel/plugin-transform-runtime`; `@babel/preset-env`
| when using its `useBuiltIns` option; and any "polyfill provider"
| plugin that depends on `@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider`,
| such as `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3`, `babel-plugin-polyfill-
| corejs2`, `babel-plugin-polyfill-es-shims`, `babel-plugin-polyfill-
| regenerator`. No other plugins under the `@babel/` namespace are
| impacted, but third-party plugins might be. Users that only compile
| trusted code are not impacted. The vulnerability has been fixed in
| `@babel/traverse at 7.23.2` and `@babel/traverse at 8.0.0-alpha.4`. Those
| who cannot upgrade `@babel/traverse` and are using one of the
| affected packages mentioned above should upgrade them to their
| latest version to avoid triggering the vulnerable code path in
| affected `@babel/traverse` versions: `@babel/plugin-transform-
| runtime` v7.23.2, `@babel/preset-env` v7.23.2, `@babel/helper-
| define-polyfill-provider` v0.4.3, `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2`
| v0.4.6, `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3` v0.8.5, `babel-plugin-
| polyfill-es-shims` v0.10.0, `babel-plugin-polyfill-regenerator`
| v0.5.3.

https://github.com/babel/babel/security/advisories/GHSA-67hx-6x53-jw92
https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/16033
https://github.com/babel/babel/commit/b13376b346946e3f62fc0848c1d2a23223314c82


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-2023-45133
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45133

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.