CVE-2021-27290 Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:12.22.3-2.module+el8.4.0+20281+eb64e322


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-2587281
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 12 Mar 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:12.22.3-2.module+el8.4.0+20281+eb64e322 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-3073.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.5 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high