Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs:14/nodejs-docs package, versions <1:14.15.4-2.module+el8.3.0+9635+ffdf8381


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-4922959
  • 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:14/nodejs-docs to version 1:14.15.4-2.module+el8.3.0+9635+ffdf8381 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0551.

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.

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 Scores

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