High, CVSS 7.5npmAmendedPublished
Denial of Service in yar
CVE-2014-4179 · GHSA-gg6m-fhqv-hg56
- Affected
- npm yar < 2.2.0
- Fixed in
- 2.2.0· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Versions of yar prior to 2.2.0 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability related to an invalid encrypted session cookie value. When an invalid encryped session cookie value is provided, the process will crash. Recommendation Update to version 2.2.0 or later.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.2.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.