CRITICAL9.8

GHSA-qg3g-2mgh-33j8

Sensitive Data Exposure in msrcrypto

Quick fix

GHSA-qg3g-2mgh-33j8 — msrcrypto: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install msrcrypto@1.4.1

Details

Versions of `msrcrypto` prior to 1.4.1 are vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure. The package's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) implementation may leak information about a server's private ECC key. It can also allow attackers to craft invalid ECDSA signatures that pass as valid. There is no published proof-of-concept for this vulnerability.

## Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.4.1 or later.

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Affected packages

npm/msrcrypto

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.4.1

Fixnpm install msrcrypto@1.4.1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8319[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg3g-2mgh-33j8[ADVISORY]
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8319[WEB]
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1112[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104655[WEB]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041268[WEB]