Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:14.17.3-2.module+el8.4.0+20278+965e0649


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-2587717
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Mar 2021

Introduced: 23 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-23362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:14.17.3-2.module+el8.4.0+20278+965e0649 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-3074.

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.

The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expression shortcutMatch in the fromUrl function in index.js. The affected regular expression exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.

CVSS Scores

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