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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2613-1 underscore -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

13 Apr 2021

Affected Packages:

underscore

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 986171.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-23358.

More information:

node-underscore and libjs-underscore are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the template function, particulary when a variable property is passed as an argument as it is not sanitized.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.3~dfsg-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your underscore packages.

For the detailed security status of underscore please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/underscore

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