Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-docs package, versions <1:16.19.1-1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-NODEJSDOCS-5635727
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2022-25881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 nodejs-docs to version 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:2655.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-docs package and not the nodejs-docs package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

CVSS Scores

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