CVE-2016-10578
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-05-29T20:00:00Z
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Description
unicode loads unicode data downloaded from unicode.org into nodejs. Unicode before 9.0.0 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.
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Advisory Details
Affected versions of `unicode` insecurely download resources over HTTP.
In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read such resources at will. While the exact severity of impact for a vulnerability like this is highly variable and depends on the behavior of the package itself, it ranges from being able to read sensitive information all the way up to and including remote code execution.
## Recommendation
Update to version 9.0.0 or later.
Affected Packages
npm
unicode
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0
<9.0.0
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
7.5
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 18, 2019, Modified: January 8, 2021
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Published: 2018-05-29T20:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:11:45.242Z
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