Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-full-i18n package, versions <1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+20489+261d51d3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSFULLI18N-2597622
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2021

Introduced: 24 May 2021

CVE-2021-33502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-full-i18n to version 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+20489+261d51d3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-0350.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-full-i18n package and not the nodejs-full-i18n package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The normalize-url package before 4.5.1, 5.x before 5.3.1, and 6.x before 6.0.1 for Node.js has a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) issue because it has exponential performance for data: URLs.

CVSS Scores

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