Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NODEJSDEVEL-2089070
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2020

Introduced: 8 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-7788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd 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 ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

CVSS Scores

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