Bug 1404187 (CVE-2017-1000188)

Summary:	CVE-2017-1000188 nodejs-ejs: Cross-site scripting via ejs.renderFile()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	avibelli, gsterlin, jbalunas, jshepherd, rrajasek, tchollingsworth, tkirby
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	nodejs-ejs 2.5.5	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 03:04:19 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1404189, 1404190
Bug Blocks:	1404191

Description Adam Mariš 2016-12-13 09:46:33 UTC

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in nodejs-ejs < 2.5.5 that allows the attacker under certain conditions control and override the filename option causing it to render the value as is, without escaping it.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f

External Reference:

https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:ejs:20161130

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-12-13 09:54:27 UTC

Created nodejs-ejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1404189]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1404190]