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CVE-2019-10808:
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2019-10808 is a Prototype Pollution vulnerability affecting the utilitify package versions below 1.0.3. The vulnerability was discovered by Sam Sanoop of the Snyk Security Team and was published and disclosed on March 7, 2020 (Snyk).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the merge method of the utilitify package, which could be exploited to add or modify properties of Object.prototype. The package is used for working with collections such as objects, arrays and primitives. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-1321 and has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.2 (medium) from Snyk (Snyk).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability can lead to Prototype Pollution, potentially causing Denial of Service (DoS) conditions and allowing attackers to modify application behavior. The impact primarily affects the integrity and availability of the system, with possible performance reduction and interruptions in resource availability (Snyk).
Mitigation and workarounds
The recommended mitigation is to upgrade the utilitify package to version 1.0.3 or higher, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (Snyk).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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