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1 vulnerability by secure-compare_project

CVE-2015-9238 (GCVE-0-2015-9238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-31 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:43
VLAI?
Summary
secure-compare 3.0.0 and below do not actually compare two strings properly. compare was actually comparing the first argument with itself, meaning the check passed for any two strings of the same length.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison (CWE-697)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HackerOne secure-compare node module Affected: <=3.0.0
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Date Public ?
2018-04-26 00:00
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