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GHSA-9XW9-PVGV-6P76

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-11-09 17:47 – Updated: 2023-09-13 19:36

Summary

Insufficient Error Handling in http-proxy

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2023-09-13T19:36:45Z",
  "published": "2018-11-09T17:47:52Z",
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    }
  ],
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}

CVE-2017-16014 (GCVE-0-2017-16014)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:57

Summary

Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CWE-703)

Assigner

hackerone mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101	x_refsource_MISC
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/323	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HackerOne	http-proxy node module	Affected: <=0.6.6

Date Public

2018-04-26 00:00

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