CVE-2017-16129

Published Jun 7, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0378 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8225-6cvr-8pqp superagent vulnerable to zip bomb attacks
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 7:04 PM
Reserved
Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 7, 2018, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:08 AM