CVE-2016-2515 (High) detected in hawk-1.1.1.tgz

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CVE-2016-2515 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - hawk-1.1.1.tgz

HTTP Hawk Authentication Scheme

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hawk/-/hawk-1.1.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: /PrestaShop/tests/Selenium/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /tests/Selenium/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy: - webdriverio-3.4.0.tgz (Root Library) - request-2.49.0.tgz - :x: **hawk-1.1.1.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: bb7465065dfeed9f49bb99b6901ab933563af739

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.

Publish Date: 2016-04-13

URL: CVE-2016-2515

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2515

Release Date: 2016-04-13

Fix Resolution (hawk): 3.1.3

Direct dependency fix Resolution (webdriverio): 4.2.0

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