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safe-compare@1.1.1 vulnerabilities

Constant-time comparison algorithm to prevent timing attacks.

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Known vulnerabilities in the safe-compare package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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Timing Attack

safe-compare is a Constant-time comparison algorithm to prevent Node.js timing attacks.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via the nativeTimingSafeEqual function which could leak the length of a user password. This is caused by always choosing the length of the longer string when comparing.

How to fix Timing Attack?

Upgrade safe-compare to version 1.1.4 or higher.

>=1.0.4 <1.1.4
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Insecure Credential Comparison

safe-compare is a constant-time comparison algorithm to prevent timing attacks..

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Insecure Credential Comparison. It used the bufferAlloc constructor incorrectly, which caused the password string to be "padded" with itself. This means that the passwords "a" and "aaaaaaaaaaaaa" would be equal.

How to fix Insecure Credential Comparison?

Upgrade safe-compare to version 1.1.2 or higher.

>=1.1.0 <1.1.2
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