CVE-2017-15010 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2017-15010 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tough-cookie-2.3.2.tgz

RFC6265 Cookies and Cookie Jar for node.js

path: /tmp/git/Hardware-con-Nodejs/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/node_modules/request/node_modules/tough-cookie/package.json

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.3.2.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• serialport-4.0.7.tgz (Root Library)
  • node-pre-gyp-0.6.32.tgz
    • request-2.79.0.tgz
      • ❌ tough-cookie-2.3.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the tough-cookie module before 2.3.3 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to make an HTTP request using a specially crafted cookie may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.

Publish Date: 2017-10-04

URL: CVE-2017-15010

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

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: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/525

Release Date: 2017-09-21

Fix Resolution: Update to version 2.3.3 or later.

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