DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511
Upstream
Published
2021-06-21T20:15:08Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:02:57Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components in Prototype 1.7.3 where an attacker can cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) through stripping crafted HTML tags.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / prototypejs

Package

Name
prototypejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prototypejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / prototypejs

Package

Name
prototypejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prototypejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / prototypejs

Package

Name
prototypejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prototypejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}