CVE-2021-27290 Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:17-3.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-NODEJSPACKAGING-3211442
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed12 Mar 2021

Introduced: 12 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-27290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:17-3.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:3073.

NVD Description

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

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

CVSS Scores

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