DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27511
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511
Upstream
Published
2021-06-21T20:15:08.160Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:03:49.099757Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
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:11 / 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

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.1-3.1
1.7.3-1
1.7.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27511.json"