CVE-2014-4179 json
Denial of Service in yar
published 6y ago modified 3y ago also GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- —
- no EPSS score yet
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Versions of `yar` prior to 2.2.0 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability related to an invalid encrypted session cookie value.
When an invalid encryped session cookie value is provided, the process will crash.
## Recommendation
Update to version 2.2.0 or later.
Patch / fix
- npm yar 2.2.0
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | yar | <2.2.0 |
2.2.0 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Sources
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56
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