Insecure Defaults Affecting faye package, versions <0.8.9 >=0.5.0
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.85% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:faye:20121107
- published 28 Mar 2017
- disclosed 6 Sep 2011
- credit Thai Duong, Juliano Rizzo
Introduced: 6 Sep 2011
CVE-2011-3389 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade faye to version 0.8.9 or higher.
Overview
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
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