Downloads Resources over HTTP in js-given

Description

Affected versions of js-given 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 js-given.

Recommendation

Update the js-given package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 0.0.18
• Patched version(s): 0.0.18

References

• GHSA-rqwh-c535-j9hw
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-10638
• CWE-311
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A4
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• node-browser downloads Resources over HTTP - CVE-2016-10618
• Downloads Resources over HTTP in product-monitor - CVE-2016-10567
• Downloads Resources over HTTP in rs-brightcove - CVE-2016-10676
• dalek-browser-ie downloads Resources over HTTP - CVE-2016-10605

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Tags:

npm

js-given