Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+21020+b7aeeb08

Q: How to fix?

<p>Upgrade <code>Oracle:8</code> <code>nodejs-devel</code> to version 1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+21020+b7aeeb08 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ELSA-2023-1583</code>.</p>

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Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-5414284
published 5 Apr 2023
disclosed 31 Jan 2023

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Introduced: 31 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-25881 Open this link in a new tab CWE-1333 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+21020+b7aeeb08 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-1583.

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.

This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

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

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+21020+b7aeeb08

Severity

Based on Oracle Linux security rating