GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-cvfm-xjc8-f2vm Denial of Service in @commercial/subtext

HIGH Published 2020-09-03 Modified 2020-08-31 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
@commercial/subtext
Severity
High
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm @commercial/subtext: >= 5.1.1, < 5.1.2 → fixed in 5.1.2

Description

Version 5.1.1 of `@commercial/subtext` is vulnerable to Denial of Service. The Content-Encoding HTTP header parser has a vulnerability which will cause the function to throw a system error if the header contains some invalid values. Because hapi rethrows system errors (as opposed to catching expected application errors), the error is thrown all the way up the stack. If no unhandled exception handler is available, the application will exist, allowing an attacker to shut down services. Recommendation Upgrade to version 5.1.2 or later.

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