GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/02/GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw/GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw
- Aliases
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- CVE-2016-10665
- Published
- 2019-02-18T23:44:36Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-08T03:58:19.048444Z
- Severity
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- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- herbivore downloads Resources over HTTP
- Details
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Affected versions of
herbivoreinsecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running
herbivore.Recommendation
The module author has rewritten much of the package, and in that process, patched the vulnerability, but has not published any of the new code to npm.
In order to get an updated version, it is necessary to install the package from github. This can be done using the following command:
npm i samatt/herbivore - Database specific
{ "nvd_published_at": null, "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:23:24Z", "github_reviewed": true, "severity": "HIGH", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-311" ] }- References
Affected packages
npm / herbivore
Package
- Name
- herbivore
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/herbivore