What is GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6?

GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Denial of Service in http-live-simulator

Why does GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6?

GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6 affects 1 product, including: npm/http-live-simulator:\u003c 1.0.8.

GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6MediumDisclosed before NVD

Denial of Service in http-live-simulator

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of http-live-simulator prior to 1.0.8 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The package fails to catch an exception that causes the Node process to crash, effectively shutting down the server. This allows an attacker to send an HTTP request that crashes the server.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.0.8 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/http-live-simulator:< 1.0.8

🔗 References (3)

https://hackerone.com/reports/627376
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1189
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6