Potential Script Injection Affecting syntax-error package, versions < 1.1.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:syntax-error:20140715
- published 15 Jul 2014
- disclosed 15 Jul 2014
- credit Cal Leeming
Introduced: 15 Jul 2014
CVE-2014-7192 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Update to version 1.1.1 or greater. If this is being used in conjunction with browserify, update browserify to 4.2.1 or greater.
Overview
There was a security vulnerability where a malicious file could execute code when browserified. Make sure your installation of browserify is using syntax-error@1.1.1 or later.
Source: Node Security Project
Details
The vulnerability involves breaking out of Function(), which was used to check syntax for more informative errors. In node 0.10, Function() seems to be implemented in terms of eval(), so malicious code can execute even if the function returned by Function() was never called. node 0.11 does not appear to be vulnerable.
Thanks to [Cal Leeming] (cal@iops.io) for discovering and disclosing this bug!