GHSA-86wf-436m-h424

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    GHSA-86wf-436m-h424

    Published: 6 Jan 2022Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service in http-proxy-agent

    Details: A flaw was found in http-proxy-agent, prior to version 2.1.0. It was discovered http-proxy-agent passes an auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization. This could result in a Denial of Service through the usage of all available CPU resources and data exposure through an uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the auth parameter.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10196, https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-http-proxy-agent/commit/b7b7cc793c3226aa83f820ce5c277e81862d32eb, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567245, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/607

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: http-proxy-agent

    Purl: pkg:npm/http-proxy-agent

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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