Vigil@nce - Node.js minimist: denial of service via Prototype Pollution
August 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive, openSUSE
Leap, RHEL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: intranet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 15/06/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via Prototype Pollution of
Node.js minimist, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-minimist-denial-of-service-via-Prototype-Pollution-32538