Downloads Resources over HTTP in baryton-saxophone

Description

Affected versions of baryton-saxophone insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running baryton-saxophone.

Recommendation

Update the baryton-saxophone package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 3.0.1
• Patched version(s): 3.0.1

References

• GHSA-6pwf-whc8-hjf6
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-10573
• CWE-311
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A4
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

baryton-saxophone