GMS-2016-124: Downloads Resources over HTTP

December 21, 2016

prince downloads zipped resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested tarball with an attacker controlled tarball if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

References

github.com/rse/node-prince/commit/c7e355bd3d3e4bc060f102c5264e838f379aa8a8

Code Behaviors & Features

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