Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-debuginfo package, versions <1:16.19.1-1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-NODEJSDEBUGINFO-5603118
  • published7 Apr 2023
  • disclosed31 Jan 2023

Introduced: 31 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-25881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 nodejs-debuginfo to version 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:2655.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-debuginfo package and not the nodejs-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1