USN-4785-1

It was discovered that the npm command-line interface mishandled certain sensitive information. An attacker could use this vulnerability to collect authentication information that could be used to impersonate other users.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / npm

Package

Name: npm
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/npm@3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.16.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.16.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.21+ds-2

3.*

3.5.2-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.16.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "npm"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-3956",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / npm