Bug 1588799 (CVE-2018-3717)

Summary: CVE-2018-3717 nodejs-connect: XSS due to a lack of validation of file in directory.js middleware
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cmacedo, dffrench, drusso, jmadigan, jshepherd, lgriffin, ngough, pwright, rrajasek, tchollingsworth, trepel
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Bug Depends On: 1588800, 1588801    
Bug Blocks: 1588802    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-06-07 21:13:20 UTC 
connect node module before 2.14.0 suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to a lack of validation of file in directory.js middleware.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/6d5dd30075d2bc4ee97afdbbe3d9d98d8d52d74b

References:

https://hackerone.com/reports/309394
https://hackerone.com/reports/309641
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2018-06-07 21:14:08 UTC 
Created nodejs-connect tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1588800]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1588801]