[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#901708: node-request: CVE-2017-16026: remote memory exposure

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: node-request
Version: 2.26.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/request/request/issues/1904

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for node-request.

CVE-2017-16026[0]:
| Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```,
| and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of
| non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6
| <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.

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-2017-16026
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16026
[1] https://github.com/request/request/issues/1904
[2] https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/309
[3] https://github.com/request/request/pull/2018

Regards,
Salvatore