Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs:16/nodejs-devel package, versions <1:16.19.1-1.module+el8.7.0+18373+704f5cef


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-5424265
  • published22 Feb 2023
  • disclosed16 Feb 2023

Introduced: 16 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-24807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:16/nodejs-devel to version 1:16.19.1-1.module+el8.7.0+18373+704f5cef or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:1582.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:16/nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs:16/nodejs-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to version 5.19.1, the Headers.set() and Headers.append() methods are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks when untrusted values are passed into the functions. This is due to the inefficient regular expression used to normalize the values in the headerValueNormalize() utility function. This vulnerability was patched in v5.19.1. No known workarounds are available.

CVSS Scores

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