CVE-2019-10196

Published Mar 19, 2021

Last updated 4 years ago

Overview

Description
A flaw was found in http-proxy-agent, prior to version 2.1.0. It was discovered http-proxy-agent passes an auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization. This could result in a Denial of Service through the usage of all available CPU resources and data exposure through an uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the auth parameter.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
9.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9
Impact score
8.5
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-665

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations