CVE-2017-16129CWE-409

The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks

published June 7, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks. In a ZIP bomb attack, the HTTP server replies with a compressed response that becomes several magnitudes larger once uncompressed. If a client does not take special care when processing such responses, it may result in excessive CPU and/or memory consumption. An attacker might exploit such a weakness for a DoS attack. To exploit this the attacker must control the location (URL) that superagent makes a request to.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01740 · 77.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Published
2018-06-07T02:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUN 02:00Z
    The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks
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