Improper Input Validation Affecting nim package, versions *
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EPSS
0.19% (56th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-NIM-1244849
- published 12 Apr 2021
- disclosed 26 Mar 2021
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:10 nim.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nim package and not the nim package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release version before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, Nimble doCmd is used in different places and can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker can craft a malicious entry in the packages.json package list to trigger code execution.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-21372
- https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p
- https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution/
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown#0130
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/7bd63d504a4157b8ed61a51af47fb086ee818c37
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