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Insufficient Error Handling in http-proxy

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 9, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2023

Package

npm http-proxy (npm)

Affected versions

<= 0.6.6

Patched versions

0.7.0

Description

Affected versions of http-proxy are vulnerable to a denial of service attack, wherein an attacker can force an error which will cause the server to crash.

Recommendation

Update to version 0.7.0 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 9, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 13, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16014

GHSA ID

GHSA-9xw9-pvgv-6p76

Source code

No known source code
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