Information Exposure

Affecting node package, versions [4.0.0,4.8.4) || [5.0.0,6.11.1) || [7.0.0,7.10.1) || [8.0.0,8.1.4)

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Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The function ares_parse_naptr_reply(), which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was crafted in a particular way.

Remediation

Upgrade node to version 4.8.4, 6.11.1, 7.10.1, 8.1.4 or higher.

References

CVSS Score

7.5
high severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    High
  • Integrity
    None
  • Availability
    None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Credit
Unknown
CVE
CVE-2017-1000381
CWE
CWE-200
Snyk ID
SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-72325
Disclosed
02 Jan, 2019
Published
03 Jan, 2019