WS-2018-0103 (Medium) detected in stringstream-0.0.5.tgz

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WS-2018-0103 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - stringstream-0.0.5.tgz

Encode and decode streams into string streams

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/stringstream/-/stringstream-0.0.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/stringstream/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jest-cli-20.0.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • jest-environment-jsdom-20.0.3.tgz
    • jsdom-9.12.0.tgz
      • request-2.83.0.tgz
        • ❌ stringstream-0.0.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b903c70353372d39521184ee20a1cc8a3fb7df48

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

All versions of stringstream are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read as it allocates uninitialized Buffers when number is passed in input stream on Node.js 4.x and below.

Publish Date: 2018-05-16

URL: WS-2018-0103

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/664

Release Date: 2018-01-27

Fix Resolution: 0.0.6