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Use express to watch a file for changes and notify any front-ends listening.

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express-watch-file's Issues

CVE-2021-35065 (Medium) detected in glob-parent-5.1.2.tgz

CVE-2021-35065 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - glob-parent-5.1.2.tgz

Extract the non-magic parent path from a glob string.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/glob-parent/-/glob-parent-5.1.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/glob-parent/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• chokidar-3.5.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ glob-parent-5.1.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a44e522011599d6f30db13f5052698976e500778

Vulnerability Details

The package glob-parent before 6.0.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Publish Date: 2021-06-22

URL: CVE-2021-35065

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: gulpjs/glob-parent#49

Release Date: 2021-06-22

Fix Resolution: glob-parent - 6.0.1

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CVE-2021-32640 (Medium) detected in ws-7.4.2.tgz

CVE-2021-32640 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ws-7.4.2.tgz

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client and server for Node.js

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-7.4.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: express-watch-file/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: express-watch-file/node_modules/ws

Dependency Hierarchy:

• socket.io-4.1.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • engine.io-5.1.0.tgz
    • ❌ ws-7.4.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 0784df967ff7138d999dc8a60178ea3247b581ac

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

ws is an open source WebSocket client and server library for Node.js. A specially crafted value of the Sec-Websocket-Protocol header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server. The vulnerability has been fixed in [email protected] (websockets/ws@00c425e). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the --max-http-header-size=size and/or the maxHeaderSize options.

Publish Date: 2021-05-25

URL: CVE-2021-32640

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

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: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693

Release Date: 2021-05-25

Fix Resolution: ws - 7.4.6

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CVE-2022-21676 (High) detected in engine.io-6.1.0.tgz

CVE-2022-21676 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - engine.io-6.1.0.tgz

The realtime engine behind Socket.IO. Provides the foundation of a bidirectional connection between client and server

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io/-/engine.io-6.1.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/engine.io/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• socket.io-4.4.1.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ engine.io-6.1.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 14b988bb432db4ceb2eca33e4e3825701cd891d6

Vulnerability Details

Engine.IO is the implementation of transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. A specially crafted HTTP request can trigger an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server, thus killing the Node.js process. This impacts all the users of the engine.io package starting from version 4.0.0, including those who uses depending packages like socket.io. Versions prior to 4.0.0 are not impacted. A fix has been released for each major branch, namely 4.1.2 for the 4.x.x branch, 5.2.1 for the 5.x.x branch, and 6.1.1 for the 6.x.x branch. There is no known workaround except upgrading to a safe version.

Publish Date: 2022-01-12

URL: CVE-2022-21676

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: GHSA-273r-mgr4-v34f

Release Date: 2022-01-12

Fix Resolution: engine.io - 4.1.2;5.2.1;6.1.1

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