Insecure Defaults Affecting faye Open this link in a new tab package, versions <0.8.9 >=0.5.0
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
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snyk-id
npm:faye:20121107
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published
28 Mar 2017
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disclosed
6 Sep 2011
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credit
Thai Duong, Juliano Rizzo
Introduced: 6 Sep 2011
CVE-2011-3389 Open this link in a new tabOverview
faye
is a simple pub/sub messaging for the web.
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Man-In-The-Middle attacks due to insecure defaults.
By default, faye
used an insecure cipher, allowing attackers to gain access to SSL encrypted packets. This attack is also known as the BEAST attack.
You can read more about insecure defaults on our blog
Remediation
Upgrade faye
to version 0.8.9 or higher.