WS-2016-0036 Low Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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WS-2016-0036 - Low Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - cli-0.6.6.tgz

A tool for rapidly building command line apps

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/cli/-/cli-0.6.6.tgz

Path to dependency file: /Fabric.Realtime/src/Fabric.Realtime.Web/bower_components/jquery-validation/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/git/Fabric.Realtime/src/Fabric.Realtime.Web/bower_components/jquery-validation/node_modules/cli/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• grunt-contrib-jshint-0.10.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • jshint-2.5.11.tgz
    • ❌ cli-0.6.6.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

The package node-cli insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.

Publish Date: 2016-06-15

URL: WS-2016-0036

CVSS 2 Score Details (1.9)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: node-js-libs/cli@fd6bc4d

Release Date: 2017-01-31

Fix Resolution: 1.0.0

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