Addressing Input Sanitization Bugs and CVE 2021-21321

Written by danielcrouch | Published 2021/06/23
Tech Story Tags: cybersecurity | sanitize-user-input | input-sanitization | vulnerability | vulnerability-management | open-source | sql-injection | security

TLDR The npm package event-stream's package contained a malicious package named "flatmap-stream" The malicious package had been downloaded over 8 million times. Vulnerabilities being part of packages is a serious issue that has the potential to compromise your application and user data. The WhiteSource Vulnerability Database covers over 200 programming languages and vulnerabilities collected from a wide variety of resources. It provides details such as severity, weakness type, additional resources but also suggests a top fix that can help you make your application secure.via the TL;DR App

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Written by danielcrouch | Occasional Thoughts on Coding, Security, and Management
Published by HackerNoon on 2021/06/23