High severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2023· Updated Sep 6, 2024
CVE-2015-20110
CVE-2015-20110
Description
JHipster generator-jhipster before 2.23.0 allows a timing attack against validateToken due to a string comparison that stops at the first character that is different. Attackers can guess tokens by brute forcing one character at a time and observing the timing. This of course drastically reduces the search space to a linear amount of guesses based on the token length times the possible characters.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
generator-jhipsternpm | < 2.23.0 | 2.23.0 |
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gpm-r23h-gprwghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20110ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/79fe5626cb1bb80f9ac86cf46980748e65d2bdbcghsaWEB
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/7c49ab3d45dc4921b831a2ca55fb1e2a2db1ee25ghsaWEB
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/compare/v2.22.0...v2.23.0ghsaWEB
- github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/2095ghsaWEB
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