Resource Exhaustion Affecting mountebank package, versions <2.3.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-MOUNTEBANK-1014529
- published 30 Sep 2020
- disclosed 30 Sep 2020
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade mountebank to version 2.3.1 or higher.
Overview
mountebank is an Over the wire test doubles
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion. IP whitelisting CLI parameters (--localOnly and --ipWhiteList) were not killing the server end of the socket. In practice, this meant that even though the client connection was killed, the server operation (e.g. creating an imposter) would still succeed. This release ensures that both ends of the socket are immediately closed if the connection originates from an invalid IP address.
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