GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3 Downloads Resources over HTTP in geoip-lite-country

HIGH Published 2019-02-18 Modified 2021-01-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-10568
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
geoip-lite-country
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-311
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm geoip-lite-country: < 1.1.4 → fixed in 1.1.4

Description

Affected versions of `geoip-lite-country` insecurely downloads resources over HTTP. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read such resources at will. While the exact severity of impact for a vulnerability like this is highly variable and depends on the behavior of the package itself, it ranges from being able to read sensitive information all the way up to and including remote code execution. Recommendation Update to version 1.1.4 or later.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-10568 geoip-lite-country is a stripped down version of geoip-lite, supporting only country lookup. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References