ghsa-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-05-23 19:55
Modified
2024-11-18 16:26
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Insufficient validation when decoding a Socket.IO packet
Details

Impact

A specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process.

TypeError: Cannot convert object to primitive value at Socket.emit (node:events:507:25) at .../node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:531:14

Patches

A fix has been released today (2023/05/22):

  • https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/3b78117bf6ba7e99d7a5cfc1ba54d0477554a7f3, included in socket.io-parser@4.2.3
  • https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/2dc3c92622dad113b8676be06f23b1ed46b02ced, included in socket.io-parser@3.4.3

Another fix has been released for the 3.3.x branch:

  • https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/ee006607495eca4ec7262ad080dd3a91439a5ba4, included in `socket.io-parser@3.3.4

| socket.io version | socket.io-parser version | Needs minor update? | |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| | 4.5.2...latest | ~4.2.0 (ref) | npm audit fix should be sufficient | | 4.1.3...4.5.1 | ~4.1.1 (ref) | Please upgrade to socket.io@4.6.x | | 3.0.5...4.1.2 | ~4.0.3 (ref) | Please upgrade to socket.io@4.6.x | | 3.0.0...3.0.4 | ~4.0.1 (ref) | Please upgrade to socket.io@4.6.x | | 2.3.0...2.5.0 | ~3.4.0 (ref) | npm audit fix should be sufficient |

Workarounds

There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

  • Open a discussion here

Thanks to @rafax00 for the responsible disclosure.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-05-27T16:15:09Z",
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  "details": "### Impact\n\nA specially crafted Socket.IO packet can trigger an uncaught exception on the Socket.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process.\n\n```\nTypeError: Cannot convert object to primitive value\n       at Socket.emit (node:events:507:25)\n       at .../node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:531:14\n```\n\n### Patches\n\nA fix has been released today (2023/05/22):\n\n- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/3b78117bf6ba7e99d7a5cfc1ba54d0477554a7f3, included in `socket.io-parser@4.2.3`\n- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/2dc3c92622dad113b8676be06f23b1ed46b02ced, included in `socket.io-parser@3.4.3`\n\n\nAnother fix has been released for the `3.3.x` branch:\n\n- https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-parser/commit/ee006607495eca4ec7262ad080dd3a91439a5ba4, included in `socket.io-parser@3.3.4\n\n| `socket.io` version | `socket.io-parser` version                                                                              | Needs minor update?                  |\n|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|\n| `4.5.2...latest`    | `~4.2.0` ([ref](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/9890b036cf942f6b6ad2afeb6a8361c32cd5d528)) | `npm audit fix` should be sufficient |\n| `4.1.3...4.5.1`     | `~4.1.1` ([ref](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/7c44893d7878cd5bba1eff43150c3e664f88fb57)) | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.6.x`  |\n| `3.0.5...4.1.2`     | `~4.0.3` ([ref](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/752dfe3b1e5fecda53dae899b4a39e6fed5a1a17)) | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.6.x`  |\n| `3.0.0...3.0.4`     | `~4.0.1` ([ref](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/1af3267e3f5f7884214cf2ca4d5282d620092fb0)) | Please upgrade to `socket.io@4.6.x`  |\n| `2.3.0...2.5.0`     | `~3.4.0` ([ref](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/cf39362014f5ff13a17168b74772c43920d6e4fd)) | `npm audit fix` should be sufficient |\n\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n- Open a discussion [here](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/discussions)\n\nThanks to [@rafax00](https://github.com/rafax00) for the responsible disclosure.\n",
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  "summary": "Insufficient validation when decoding a Socket.IO packet"
}


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