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Insecure Credential Comparison Affecting safe-compare package, versions <1.1.1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Integrity High

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  • Snyk ID npm:safe-compare:20180210
  • published 14 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 9 Feb 2018
  • credit James Billingham
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Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

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How to fix?

Upgrade safe-compare to version 1.1.1 or higher.

Overview

safe-compare is Constant-time comparison algorithm to prevent timing attacks..

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Insecure Credential Comparison due to using String.prototype.length instead of Buffer.byteLength.