GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-2p69-gxpm-5469 Downloads Resources over HTTP in alto-saxophone

HIGH Published 2018-07-31 Modified 2021-01-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-10694
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
alto-saxophone
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-311
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm alto-saxophone: < 2.25.1 → fixed in 2.25.1

Description

Affected versions of `alto-saxophone` insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running `alto-saxophone`. Recommendation Update to version 2.25.1 or later.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-10694 alto-saxophone is a module to install and launch Chromedriver for Mac, Linux or Windows. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References