Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+20388+4b61e68d


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSPACKAGING-5414249
  • published 5 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 26 Dec 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+20388+4b61e68d or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-1582.

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.

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
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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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Red Hat

7.5 high