CVE-2014-7191 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2014-7191 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - qs-0.4.2.tgz

querystring parser

path: /tmp/git/MS_Demo/ksa/ksa-web-root/ksa-web/src/main/webapp/rs/bootstrap/node_modules/qs/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-0.4.2.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• connect-2.1.3.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ qs-0.4.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 23068bfa8fba8e934988efafc64fa2cf0fdb8462

Vulnerability Details

The qs module before 1.0.0 in Node.js does not call the compact function for array data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create a sparse array.

Publish Date: 2014-10-19

URL: CVE-2014-7191

CVSS 2 Score Details (5.0)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion

Release Date: 2014-08-06

Fix Resolution: Update qs to version 1.0.0 or greater

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