CVE-2021-32640 (Medium) detected in ws-7.4.5.tgz

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CVE-2021-32640 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ws-7.4.5.tgz

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.4.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/ws/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• puppeteer-9.0.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ ws-7.4.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

ws is an open source WebSocket client and server library for Node.js. A specially crafted value of the "Sec-Websocket-Protocol" header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server. The vulnerability has been fixed in ws@7.4.6 (websockets/ws@00c425e). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the ""--max-http-header-size=size"" (https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the ""maxHeaderSize"" (https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options.
Mend Note: The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.

Publish Date: 2021-05-25

URL: CVE-2021-32640

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693

Release Date: 2021-05-25

Fix Resolution (ws): 7.4.6

Direct dependency fix Resolution (puppeteer): 9.1.0

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