CVE-2017-16119 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2017-16119 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - fresh-0.3.0.tgz

HTTP response freshness testing

path: /tmp/git/vulnerable-web-application/node_modules/fresh/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/fresh/-/fresh-0.3.0.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• express-4.13.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ fresh-0.3.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it is passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.

Publish Date: 2018-06-07

URL: CVE-2017-16119

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.

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