Improper Input Validation Affecting node-request package, versions <2.88.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.58% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NODEREQUEST-1555081
  • published4 Jun 2018
  • disclosed4 Jun 2018

Introduced: 4 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-16026  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-201  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 node-request to version 2.88.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-request package and not the node-request package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Request is an http client. If a request is made using multipart, and the body type is a number, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.