Yarn up to 1.17.2 Lockfile cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yarn up to 1.17.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lockfile Handler. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-5448. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yarn up to 1.17.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Lockfile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Yarn before 1.17.3 is vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to HTTP URLs in lockfile causing unencrypted authentication data to be sent over the network.

The weakness was published 07/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at yarnpkg.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-5448 since 01/04/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

Upgrading to version 1.17.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Yarn 1.17.3

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
07/30/2019 +207 days 🔍
07/31/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/16/2020 +351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: yarnpkg.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-5448 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5448
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139040

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2019 09:57
Updated: 07/16/2020 11:19
Changes: 07/31/2019 09:57 (55), 07/16/2020 11:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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