CVE-2018-3721 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

[mend-bolt-for-github]

CVE-2018-3721 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - lodash-3.10.1.tgz

The modern build of lodash modular utilities.

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-3.10.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: /ai-lab/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/git/ai-lab/node_modules/json-rpc2/node_modules/lodash/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• @theia/go-0.3.17.tgz (Root Library)
  • go-language-server-0.1.7.tgz
    • json-rpc2-1.0.2.tgz
      • ❌ lodash-3.10.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 082fbcbc8c2ef8fc2f905bd9e108a64bbeabbbfe

Vulnerability Details

lodash node module before 4.17.5 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via defaultsDeep, merge, and mergeWith functions, which allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of "Object" via proto, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Publish Date: 2018-06-07

URL: CVE-2018-3721

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3721

Release Date: 2018-06-07

Fix Resolution: 4.17.5

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[tlkh]

Resolved, not using actually Theia (/ai-lab/package.json is not used)