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CVE-2015-9238

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Date: May 31, 2018

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.

Language: JS

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://github.com/vadimdemedes/secure-compare/commit/dd1ff1ac0122de7e0af4f00c61ed73261062394a
https://github.com/vdemedes/secure-compare/pull/1
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/50
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9238
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/50
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-9238

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Format String Vulnerability

CWE-134

Incorrect Comparison

CWE-697

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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