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CVE-2023-2968:
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-2968 is a vulnerability discovered in the npm package 'proxy' affecting versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.1. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 30, 2023, and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH). The affected software is the proxy package for Node.js (JFrog Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from an undefined variable usage in the socket.remoteAddress variable. When a crafted HTTP request is sent to the proxy server, it can cause the socket.remoteAddress variable to become undefined. When this undefined variable is subsequently used, it raises a TypeError exception (JFrog Advisory).
Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition in applications using the affected proxy package. When successfully exploited, the attack causes the application to crash due to the TypeError exception (JFrog Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.1.1 of the proxy package. Users should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the issue. No other workarounds are provided (JFrog Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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