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CVE-2016-2515 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource #64

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CVE-2016-2515 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - hawk-1.1.1.tgz

HTTP Hawk Authentication Scheme

path: /tmp/git/jenkins-material-theme/node_modules/grunt-image-embed/node_modules/hawk/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/hawk/-/hawk-1.1.1.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • grunt-image-embed-0.3.3.tgz (Root Library)
    • request-2.51.0.tgz
      • hawk-1.1.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.

Publish Date: 2016-04-13

URL: CVE-2016-2515

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77

Release Date: 2016-01-19

Fix Resolution: Update to hawk version 4.1.1 or greater.


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