Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+7818+6cd30d85


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSPACKAGING-5414245
  • published 5 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 31 Jan 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+7818+6cd30d85 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-1743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-packaging package and not the nodejs-packaging 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.

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