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GHSA-H9X2-5RM7-X4GM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-06-03 17:28 – Updated: 2020-08-31 18:09

Summary

Insecure Comparison in secure-compare

Details

Versions of secure-compare prior to 3.0.1 are affected by a vulnerability that results in the package always returning true when comparing two strings of the same length, despite differences in the contents of those strings.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.0.1 or later.

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  "id": "GHSA-h9x2-5rm7-x4gm",
  "modified": "2020-08-31T18:09:18Z",
  "published": "2019-06-03T17:28:23Z",
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}

CVE-2015-9238 (GCVE-0-2015-9238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-31 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:43

Summary

secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison (CWE-697)

Assigner

hackerone

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/vdemedes/secure-compare/pull/1	x_refsource_MISC
	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/50	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HackerOne	secure-compare node module	Affected: <=3.0.0

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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