CVE-2017-16129
low-risk
Published 2018-06-07
The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks. In a ZIP bomb attack, the HTTP server replies with a compressed response that becomes several magnitudes larger once uncompressed. If a client does not take special care when processing such responses, it may result in excessive CPU and/or memory consumption. An attacker might exploit such a weakness for a DoS attack. To exploit this the attacker must control the location (URL) that superagent makes a request to.
Do I need to act?
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0.39% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Superagent
Affected Vendors
References (4)
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/issues/1259
Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/479
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/issues/1259
Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/479
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal