Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs:14/nodejs-docs package, versions <1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-4141400
  • 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:8 nodejs:14/nodejs-docs to version 1:14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:3666.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:14/nodejs-docs package and not the nodejs:14/nodejs-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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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