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Downloads Resources over HTTP in kindlegen

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 18, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm kindlegen (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.1.0

Patched versions

1.1.0

Description

Affected versions of kindlegen insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running kindlegen.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.1.0 or greater.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 18, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-10575

GHSA ID

GHSA-h7pc-85cg-wmch

Source code

No known source code
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