CVE-2019-20149

NameCVE-2019-20149
DescriptionctorName in index.js in kind-of v6.0.2 allows external user input to overwrite certain internal attributes via a conflicting name, as demonstrated by 'constructor': {'name':'Symbol'}. Hence, a crafted payload can overwrite this builtin attribute to manipulate the type detection result.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs948095

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-kind-of (PTS)buster6.0.2+dfsg-1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye6.0.3+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm6.0.3+dfsg-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-kind-ofsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
node-kind-ofsourcebuster6.0.2+dfsg-1+deb10u1
node-kind-ofsource(unstable)6.0.3+dfsg-1948095

Notes

[stretch] - node-kind-of <end-of-life> (Nodejs in stretch not covered by security support)
https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of/issues/30
https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of/pull/31

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