WS-2018-0096 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

[mend-bolt-for-github]

WS-2018-0096 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - base64url-2.0.0.tgz

For encoding to/from base64urls

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/base64url/-/base64url-2.0.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /quickstart-android/functions/functions/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/git/quickstart-android/functions/functions/node_modules/base64url/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• firebase-admin-5.10.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • jsonwebtoken-8.1.0.tgz
    • jws-3.1.4.tgz
      • ❌ base64url-2.0.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 99e8192c5d660b6266b668f13e1c5ca735509d1d

Vulnerability Details

Versions of base64url before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to to out-of-bounds reads as it allocates uninitialized Buffers when number is passed in input on Node.js 4.x and below.

Publish Date: 2018-05-16

URL: WS-2018-0096

CVSS 2 Score Details (7.1)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://hackerone.com/reports/321687

Release Date: 2019-01-24

Fix Resolution: 3.0.0

---

Step up your Open Source Security Game with WhiteSource here