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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWZmMjktZjU3dy0ybW0z

Downloads Resources over HTTP in geoip-lite-country

Affected versions of geoip-lite-country insecurely downloads resources over HTTP.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read such resources at will. While the exact severity of impact for a vulnerability like this is highly variable and depends on the behavior of the package itself, it ranges from being able to read sensitive information all the way up to and including remote code execution.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.1.4 or later.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWZmMjktZjU3dy0ybW0z
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 5 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago

Identifiers: GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3, CVE-2016-10568
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10568
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/183

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages