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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

25 May, 2021

● High

2021-2951

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Description:

npm has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:

  • browserslist
    • from 4.0.0 and before 4.16.5
  • xmlhttprequest-ssl package
    • before 1.6.1
  • dns-packet
    • before 5.2.2.

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • Bypass of a protection mechanism
  • Unauthorized disclosure of information

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review npm security advisory and apply the necessary updates:

Last updated at 25 May, 2021

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