CVE-2020-15168 (Medium) detected in node-fetch-1.7.3.tgz

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CVE-2020-15168 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-fetch-1.7.3.tgz

A light-weight module that brings window.fetch to node.js and io.js

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-1.7.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/node-fetch/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• tesseract.js-1.0.19.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ node-fetch-1.7.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: be035b676c748e4379f6275ac87e0dc2a0f25d20

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

node-fetch before versions 2.6.1 and 3.0.0-beta.9 did not honor the size option after following a redirect, which means that when a content size was over the limit, a FetchError would never get thrown and the process would end without failure. For most people, this fix will have a little or no impact. However, if you are relying on node-fetch to gate files above a size, the impact could be significant, for example: If you don't double-check the size of the data after fetch() has completed, your JS thread could get tied up doing work on a large file (DoS) and/or cost you money in computing.

Publish Date: 2020-09-10

URL: CVE-2020-15168

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-w7rc-rwvf-8q5r

Release Date: 2020-09-17

Fix Resolution (node-fetch): 2.6.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (tesseract.js): 2.0.0

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