CVE-2018-3728 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-3728 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - hoek-0.7.6.tgz

General purpose node utilities

path: /tmp/git/sqs-poller/node_modules/hoek/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/hoek/-/hoek-0.7.6.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• winston-0.7.3.tgz (Root Library)
  • request-2.16.6.tgz
    • hawk-0.10.2.tgz
      • ❌ hoek-0.7.6.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

hoek node module before 4.2.0 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via 'merge' and 'applyToDefaults' functions, which allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of "Object" via proto, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Publish Date: 2018-03-30

URL: CVE-2018-3728

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566

Release Date: 2018-02-15

Fix Resolution: Always validate user input - Update to a patched version of hoek

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