Ubuntu 20.10-20.04 LTS USN-4913-1 Moderate: Underscore Code Injection

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April 14, 2021

Underscore could be made to inject arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

Underscore could be made to inject arbitrary code if it received a specially

crafted input.

Software Description:

- underscore: None

Details:

It was discovered that Underscore incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Ubuntu update instructions ubuntu code injection Underscore underscore

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10:
  libjs-underscore                1.9.1~dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.10.1
  node-underscore                 1.9.1~dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libjs-underscore                1.9.1~dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
  node-underscore                 1.9.1~dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libjs-underscore                1.8.3~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
  node-underscore                 1.8.3~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libjs-underscore                1.7.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
  node-underscore                 1.7.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libjs-underscore                1.4.4-2ubuntu1+esm1
  node-underscore                 1.4.4-2ubuntu1+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.