CVE-2021-43849

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En versiones anteriores a 5.0.1 la actividad exportada \"de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity\" puede causar un bloqueo de la aplicaci\u00f3n. Esta vulnerabilidad es producida porque la actividad no maneja el caso de que es solicitado con datos no v\u00e1lidos o vac\u00edos, lo que resulta en un bloqueo. Cualquier aplicaci\u00f3n de terceros puede llamar constantemente a esta actividad sin permiso. Una aplicaci\u00f3n de terceros/atacante usando un escuchador de eventos puede detener continuamente el funcionamiento de la aplicaci\u00f3n y hacer que la v\u00edctima no pueda abrirla. La versi\u00f3n 5.0.1 del cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio ya no exporta la actividad y ya no es vulnerable. Si quieres arreglar versiones anteriores cambia el atributo android:exported en el plugin.xml a false. 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