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Potential memory exposure in dns-packet

2021-05-2419:51:04
CWE-200
CWE-908
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
42
memory exposure
dns-packet
buffer creation
network packets
crafted domain names
software vulnerability

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS3

7.7

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

40.7%

This affects the package dns-packet before versions 1.3.2 and 5.2.2. It creates buffers with allocUnsafe and does not always fill them before forming network packets. This can expose internal application memory over unencrypted network when querying crafted invalid domain names.

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
dns-packet_projectdns-packetRange2.0.0–5.2.2node.js
OR
dns-packet_projectdns-packetRange<1.3.2node.js
VendorProductVersionCPE
dns-packet_projectdns-packet*cpe:2.3:a:dns-packet_project:dns-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS3

7.7

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

40.7%