GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/06/GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc/GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc
Published
2019-06-06T15:32:32Z
Modified
2022-08-03T16:27:53Z
Severity
  • 3.1 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
express-basic-auth Timing Attack due to native string comparison instead of constant time string comparison
Details

Versions of express-basic-auth prior to 1.1.7 are vulnerable to Timing Attacks. The package uses native string comparison instead of a constant time string comparison, which may lead to Timing Attacks. Timing Attacks can be used to increase the efficiency of brute-force attacks by removing the exponential increase in entropy gained from longer secrets.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.1.7 or later.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-208"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2019-06-06T09:51:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "LOW"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / express-basic-auth

Package

Name
express-basic-auth
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Purl
pkg:npm/express-basic-auth

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.7

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/06/GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc/GHSA-c35v-qwqg-87jc.json"