Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs:12/npm package, versions <1:6.14.10-1.12.20.1.1.module+el8.3.0+9503+19cb079c


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.48% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-3963228
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Oct 2020

Introduced: 16 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-7754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:12/npm to version 1:6.14.10-1.12.20.1.1.module+el8.3.0+9503+19cb079c or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0549.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:12/npm package and not the nodejs:12/npm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.

CVSS Base Scores

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