WS-2017-0421 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

[mend-bolt-for-github]

WS-2017-0421 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ws-1.1.5.tgz

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js

path: /tmp/git/mqtt-mm2-gateway/node_modules/ws/package.json

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-1.1.5.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• mqtt-1.14.1.tgz (Root Library)
  • websocket-stream-3.3.3.tgz
    • ❌ ws-1.1.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Affected version of ws (0.2.6--3.3.0) are vulnerable to A specially crafted value of the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header that used Object.prototype property names as extension or parameter names could be used to make a ws server crash.

Publish Date: 2017-11-08

URL: WS-2017-0421

CVSS 2 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/550/versions

Release Date: 2019-01-24

Fix Resolution: 3.3.1

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[Max Bachmann]

fixed by using a newer mqtt js version