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CVE-2023-29566: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

April 24, 2023 (updated May 3, 2023)

huedawn-tesseract 0.3.3 and dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-88qf-5f3v-pm6m
  • github.com/omnitaint/Vulnerability-Reports/blob/ec3645003c7f8996459b5b24c722474adc2d599f/reports/dawnsparks-node-tesseract/report.md
  • github.com/rona-dinihari/dawnsparks-node-tesseract
  • github.com/rona-dinihari/dawnsparks-node-tesseract/commit/81d1664f0b9fe521534acfae1d5b9c40127b36c1
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29566
  • www.npmjs.com/package/dawnsparks-node-tesseract

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.4.1

Fixed versions

  • 0.4.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.4.1 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Source file

npm/dawnsparks-node-tesseract/CVE-2023-29566.yml

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