CVE-2015-8857

Name	CVE-2015-8857
Description	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	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
uglifyjs (PTS)	sid, trixie, bullseye	2.8.29-8	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
uglifyjs	source	(unstable)	2.7.4-1	unimportant

Notes

fixed in 2.4.24
https://zyan.scripts.mit.edu/blog/backdooring-js/
https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/issues/751
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/39
nodejs not covered by security support