Description
This affects the package dns-packet before 5.2.2. It creates buffers with allocUnsafe and does not always fill them before forming network packets. This can expose internal application memory over unencrypted network when querying crafted invalid domain names.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/mafintosh/dns-packet/commit/25f15dd0fedc53688b25fd053ebbdffe3d5c1c56
https://hackerone.com/bugs?subject=user&%3Breport_id=968858
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1295719
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DNSPACKET-1293563
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