CVE-2017-16028 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2017-16028 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - randomatic-1.1.5.tgz

Generate randomized strings of a specified length, fast. Only the length is necessary, but you can optionally generate patterns using any combination of numeric, alpha-numeric, alphabetical, special or custom characters.

path: /tmp/git/JSHint/node_modules/jshint/node_modules/nyc/node_modules/randomatic/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/randomatic/-/randomatic-1.1.5.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• nodeunit-0.9.5.tgz (Root Library)
  • tap-7.1.2.tgz
    • nyc-7.1.0.tgz
      • micromatch-2.3.11.tgz
        • braces-1.8.5.tgz
          • expand-range-1.8.2.tgz
            • fill-range-2.2.3.tgz
              • :x: randomatic-1.1.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

react-native-meteor-oauth is a library for Oauth2 login to a Meteor server in React Native. The oauth Random Token is generated using a non-cryptographically strong RNG (Math.random()).

Publish Date: 2018-06-04

URL: CVE-2017-16028

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/157

Release Date: 2017-04-14

Fix Resolution: Update to version 3.0.0 or later.

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