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proxy denial of service vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 30, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 11, 2023

Package

npm proxy (npm)

Affected versions

>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1

Patched versions

2.1.1

Description

A remote attacker can trigger a denial of service in the socket.remoteAddress variable, by sending a crafted HTTP request. Usage of the undefined variable raises a TypeError exception.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 30, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 30, 2023
Reviewed Jun 6, 2023
Last updated Nov 11, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(60th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Handling of Undefined Values

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when a value is not defined or supported for the associated parameter, field, or argument name. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2023-2968

GHSA ID

GHSA-mj6p-3pc9-wf5m

Source code

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