WS-2017-0421 (High) detected in ws1.1.2

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WS-2017-0421 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ws1.1.2

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js

Library home page: https://github.com/websockets/ws.git

Found in HEAD commit: 372eb3b419d838f14a0bc4a628e2e1b41d27f501

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

blueprint/packages/karma-build-scripts/node_modules/engine.io-client/node_modules/ws/lib/Extensions.js

Vulnerability Details

Affected version of ws (0.2.6 through 3.3.0 excluding 0.3.4-2, 0.3.5-2, 0.3.5-3, 0.3.5-4, 1.1.5, 2.0.0-beta.0, 2.0.0-beta.1 and 2.0.0-beta.2) are vulnerable to A specially crafted value of the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header that used Object.prototype property names as extension or parameter names could be used to make a ws server crash.

Publish Date: 2017-11-08

URL: WS-2017-0421

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: websockets/ws@c4fe466

Release Date: 2017-11-08

Fix Resolution: 3.3.1