Sails up to 1.5.6 Node Process uncaught exception

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sails up to 1.5.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Node Process. Such manipulation leads to uncaught exception. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-38504. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sails up to 1.5.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Node Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncaught exception vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-248. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Sails is a realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. In Sails apps prior to version 1.5.7,, an attacker can send a virtual request that will cause the node process to crash. This behavior was fixed in Sails v1.5.7. As a workaround, disable the sockets hook and remove the `sails.io.js` client.

The weakness was presented 07/27/2023 as GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-38504 since 07/18/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 1.5.7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 4a023dc5095a4b30fdc8535f705ed34cd22d2f7d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncaught exception
CWE: CWE-248
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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: Sails 1.5.7
Patch: 4a023dc5095a4b30fdc8535f705ed34cd22d2f7d

Timelineinfo

07/18/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-gpw9-fwm8-7rx7
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-38504 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-38504
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-235598

Entryinfo

Created: 07/27/2023 21:40
Changes: 07/27/2023 21:40 (52)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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