Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:14.15.4-2.module+el8.3.0+9635+ffdf8381


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NODEJSDEVEL-2088457
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Oct 2020

Introduced: 16 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-7754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:14.15.4-2.module+el8.3.0+9635+ffdf8381 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.

CVSS Scores

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