GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/11/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8
- Aliases
- Related
- Published
- 2023-11-02T20:44:41Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-08T04:07:14.407751Z
- Severity
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- 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio DoS vulnerability
- Details
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Summary:
Sending a specially crafted intent with an invalid/empty extras
de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivitycan cause the app to crash. sending the intent repeatedly can prevent the app using this plugin from working, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.Impact
A 3rd party app/remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious intent to the target device, causing the app using this plugin from working to crash or become unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Mitigation
Version 5.0.1 of the cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio doesn't export the activity anymore and is no longer vulnerable.
If you want to fix older versions change the attribute
android:exportedof this code snippet in plugin.xml tofalse:<config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="application"> <activity android:name="de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity" android:theme="@style/TransparentTheme" android:exported="false"/> </config-file>Patches
Please upgrade to version 5.0.1 as soon as possible.
Please check out the release on GitHub.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory please go to the discussion on GitHub.
- Database specific
{ "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-23T17:15:00Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-617" ], "severity": "MODERATE", "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2023-11-02T20:44:41Z" }- References
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- https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/security/advisories/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43849
- https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/commit/27434a240f97f69fd930088654590c8ba43569df
- https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio
- https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/discussions/394
- https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/releases/tag/v5.0.1
Affected packages
npm / cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio
Package
- Name
- cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio