CVE-2019-10196 Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service in http-proxy-agent
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
A flaw was found in http-proxy-agent, prior to version 2.1.0. It was discovered http-proxy-agent passes an auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization. This could result in a Denial of Service through the usage of all available CPU resources and data exposure through an uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the auth parameter.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npm http-proxy-agent(npm) | < 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
| http-proxy-agent project http-proxy-agent | < 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
| fedoraproject fedora | = 27 | No fix listed |
| redhat software collections | All versions | No fix listed |
| redhat enterprise linux | = 7.0 | No fix listed |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory
- github.com patch
- bugzilla.redhat.com issue-tracking patch third-party-advisory
- www.npmjs.com third-party-advisory
- github.com