Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

How severe is This vulnerability?

Informational severity, published 3 September 2020.

Which products and versions are affected?

http-live-simulator (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.8.

Is there a fix for This vulnerability?

Yes. http-live-simulator (npm): upgrade to 1.0.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is This vulnerability attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Check whether you run http-live-simulator (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

http-live-simulator denial of service via unhandled exception

Severity: info · Published 2020-09-03

http-live-simulator is a Node.js package used to simulate HTTP Live Streaming servers for testing. Versions prior to 1.0.8 crash when receiving a specially crafted HTTP request due to an unhandled exception, causing the entire server process to shut down and disrupting streaming service availability.

Technologies: http-live-simulator (npm). Vendors: npm.

Quick answers

Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
How severe is This vulnerability?: Informational severity, published 3 September 2020.
Which products and versions are affected?: http-live-simulator (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.8.
Is there a fix for This vulnerability?: Yes. http-live-simulator (npm): upgrade to 1.0.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is This vulnerability attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected?: Check whether you run http-live-simulator (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

http-live-simulator (npm): upgrade to 1.0.8 or later
```
npm install http-live-simulator@1.0.8
```

Technical details

The vulnerability is an unhandled exception in http-live-simulator prior to version 1.0.8 that causes a denial of service. When an attacker sends a specific HTTP request to the server, the package fails to catch an exception, causing the Node.js process to crash and the server to shut down. This is a network-accessible denial of service attack that requires no authentication or user interaction. The fix is available in version 1.0.8 and later.

Affected products

http-live-simulator http-live-simulator prior to 1.0.8

Timeline

2020-09-03: disclosed
2020-09-03: patched: Version 1.0.8 released with fix

References

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