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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-5414306
  • published5 Apr 2023
  • disclosed26 Dec 2022

Introduced: 26 Dec 2022

CVE-2021-35065  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens 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.

The glob-parent package before 6.0.1 for Node.js allows ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attacks against the enclosure regular expression.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1