Bug 1576651 – CVE-2018-3736 nodejs-https-proxy-agent: Unsanitized options passed to Buffer() allow for denial of service

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Bug 1576651 - (CVE-2018-3736) CVE-2018-3736 nodejs-https-proxy-agent: Unsanitized options passed to Buffer() allow for denial of service

Summary:	CVE-2018-3736 nodejs-https-proxy-agent: Unsanitized options passed to Buffer(...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-3736

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1576652 1576653
Blocks:	1588910
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Reported:	2018-05-10 00:28 EDT by Sam Fowler
Modified:	2018-06-11 01:48 EDT (History)
CC List:	11 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	nodejs-https-proxy-agent 2.2.0
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-05-10 00:28:01 EDT

Versions of https-proxy-agent before 2.2.0 are vulnerable to denial of service. This is due to unsanitized options (proxy.auth) being passed to Buffer().


External References:

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/593
https://hackerone.com/reports/319532

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-05-10 00:28:12 EDT

Created nodejs-https-proxy-agent tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1576652]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1576653]

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