VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16129
The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.77%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks. In a ZIP bomb attack, the HTTP server replies with a compressed response that becomes several magnitudes larger once uncompressed. If a client does not take special care when processing such responses, it may result in excessive CPU and/or memory consumption. An attacker might exploit such a weakness for a DoS attack. To exploit this the attacker must control the location (URL) that superagent makes a request to.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-409, CWE-400
- Affected
- superagent project/superagent
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/issues/1259Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/479Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/issues/1259Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/479Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.