WS-2014-0005 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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WS-2014-0005 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - qs-0.5.6.tgz

querystring parser

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

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-0.5.6.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• winston-0.7.3.tgz (Root Library)
  • request-2.16.6.tgz
    • ❌ qs-0.5.6.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Denial-of-Service Extended Event Loop Blocking.The qs module does not have an option or default for specifying object depth and when parsing a string representing a deeply nested object will block the event loop for long periods of time

Publish Date: 2014-08-06

URL: WS-2014-0005

CVSS 2 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

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

Release Date: 2014-08-06

Fix Resolution: Update qs to version 1.0.0 or greater

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