npm: CVE-2016-3956

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npm: CVE-2016-3956

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: npm: CVE-2016-3956

Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:16:38 +0100

Source: npm
Version: 1.4.21+ds-2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security fixed-upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for npm.

CVE-2016-3956[0]:
| The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js
| 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before
| 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows
| remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading
| Authorization headers.

No fix has been made for 1.x versions.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3956
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3956
[1] https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380

Regards,
Salvatore

Message #10 received at 850322@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>

To: 850322@bugs.debian.org, 850322-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: npm: CVE-2016-3956

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 18:19:29 +0530

Control: fixed -1 5.8.0+ds-1

On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:16:38 +0100 Salvatore Bonaccorso
<carnil@debian.org> wrote:

> the following vulnerability was published for npm.
>
> CVE-2016-3956[0]:
> | The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js
> | 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before
> | 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows
> | remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading
> | Authorization headers.
>
> No fix has been made for 1.x versions.
>
> If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
> CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

This bug was not noticed while uploading 5.8, so security tracker will
need a manual update.

Message #22 received at 850322@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

To: Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>, 850322@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#850322: npm: CVE-2016-3956

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:22:37 +0200

Hi!

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 06:19:29PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> Control: fixed -1 5.8.0+ds-1
> 
> On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:16:38 +0100 Salvatore Bonaccorso
> <carnil@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > the following vulnerability was published for npm.
> >
> > CVE-2016-3956[0]:
> > | The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js
> > | 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before
> > | 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows
> > | remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading
> > | Authorization headers.
> >
> > No fix has been made for 1.x versions.
> >
> > If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
> > CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
> 
> This bug was not noticed while uploading 5.8, so security tracker will
> need a manual update.

Thanks, I have updated the security-tracker information!

FTR, we never update automatically a fixed version.

Regards,
Salvatore

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