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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8857

The uglify-js package before 2.4.24 for Node.js does not properly account for non-boolean values when rewriting boolean expressions, which might allow...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The uglify-js package before 2.4.24 for Node.js does not properly account for non-boolean values when rewriting boolean expressions, which might allow attackers to bypass security mechanisms or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improperly rewritten Javascript.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:13 uglifyjs

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.4-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org