| Name | CVE-2015-8856 |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serve-index package before 1.6.3 for Node.js allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-serve-index (PTS) | jessie, stretch | 1.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.9.1-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.9.1-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.9.1-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-serve-index | source | (unstable) | 1.9.1-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
libv8 is not covered by security support
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/serve-static-xss
https://github.com/expressjs/serve-index/issues/28