Resource Exhaustion Affecting node-marked package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NODEMARKED-1064770
  • published26 Jan 2021
  • disclosed7 Jun 2018

Introduced: 7 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-16114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 node-marked.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-marked package and not the node-marked package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.