QID 995795

Date Published: 2023-11-01

QID 995795: NodeJs (Npm) Security Update for generator-jhipster (GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprw)

JHipster generator-jhipster before 2.23.0 allows a timing attack against validateToken due to a string comparison that stops at the first character that is different. Attackers can guess tokens by brute forcing one character at a time and observing the timing. This of course drastically reduces the search space to a linear amount of guesses based on the token length times the possible characters.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Refer to Github security advisory GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprw for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprw - github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprw

CVEs related to QID 995795

CVE-2015-20110 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprw	generator-jhipster		github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprw

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