grunt vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Grunt could be made to run programs if it received specially
crafted input.
Software Description
* grunt - JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool
Details
It was discovered that Grunt did not properly load yaml files. An
attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-7729)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
grunt - 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References
* CVE-2020-7729
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 (Linux/64)
* Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)