GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3 Downloads Resources over HTTP in geoip-lite-country
HIGH
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- 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