Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:16.16.0-3.module+el8.6.0+20742+4c4c4b80


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-2597393
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 17 Sep 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:16.16.0-3.module+el8.6.0+20742+4c4c4b80 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-6449.

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.

ansi-regex is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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