What is GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56?

GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Denial of Service in yar

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56 cover?

GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2014-4179. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56?

GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56?

GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56 affects 1 product, including: npm/yar:\u003c 2.2.0.

GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56HighCVSS 7.5

Denial of Service in yar

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 1, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2014-4179 →

📋 Description

Versions of yar prior to 2.2.0 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability related to an invalid encrypted session cookie value.

When an invalid encryped session cookie value is provided, the process will crash.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.2.0 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/yar:< 2.2.0

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/spumko/yar/issues/34
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/44
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4179
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56