Resource Exhaustion Affecting rh-nodejs14-nodejs package, versions <0:14.17.5-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHNODEJS14NODEJS-4815587
  • published28 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 May 2021

Introduced: 4 May 2021

CVE-2021-23343  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-nodejs14-nodejs to version 0:14.17.5-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:3280.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-nodejs14-nodejs package and not the rh-nodejs14-nodejs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

All versions of package path-parse are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe, and splitPathRe regular expressions. ReDoS exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.

CVSS Scores

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