GHSA-8W57-JFPM-945M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-06-11 16:16 – Updated: 2023-04-11 00:26
VLAI
Summary
Denial of Service in http-proxy-agent
Details

Versions of http-proxy-agent before 2.1.0 are vulnerable to denial of service and uninitialized memory leak when unsanitized options are passed to Buffer. An attacker may leverage these unsanitized options to consume system resources.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.1.0 or later.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "http-proxy-agent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2019-06-11T16:11:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Versions of `http-proxy-agent` before 2.1.0 are vulnerable to denial of service and uninitialized memory leak when unsanitized options are passed to `Buffer`. An attacker may leverage these unsanitized options to consume system resources.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.1.0 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-8w57-jfpm-945m",
  "modified": "2023-04-11T00:26:58Z",
  "published": "2019-06-11T16:16:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/321631"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-http-proxy-agent/blob/2.0.0/index.js#L80"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/607"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Denial of Service in http-proxy-agent"
}



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