CVE-2015-9238 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://github.com/vdemedes/secure-compare/pull/1 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/50

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.3