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CVE-2020-8910 Detail

Description

A URL parsing issue in goog.uri of the Google Closure Library versions up to and including v20200224 allows an attacker to send malicious URLs to be parsed by the library and return the wrong authority. Mitigation: update your library to version v20200315.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score matches with CNA score
CNA:  Google Inc.
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/google/closure-library/commit/294fc00b01d248419d8f8de37580adf2a0024fc9 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/google/closure-library/releases/tag/v20200315 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-625 Permissive Regular Expression Contributor acceptance level Google Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-8910
NVD Published Date:
03/26/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Google Inc.