HighGHSA-9xw9-pvgv-6p76CVE-2017-16014

Insufficient Error Handling in http-proxy

Published 9 Nov 2018 · Updated 8 Nov 2023

Affected package

Affected: <0.7.0
Fixed in: 0.7.0

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install http-proxy@0.7.0

Details

Affected versions of http-proxy are vulnerable to a denial of service attack, wherein an attacker can force an error which will cause the server to crash.

Recommendation

Update to version 0.7.0 or later.

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References

Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16014
Linkgithub.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101
Advisorygithub.com/advisories/GHSA-9xw9-pvgv-6p76
Linkwww.npmjs.com/advisories/323

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