SB2020101707 - Regular expression denial of service in npm-user-validate package for NPM
Published: October 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020101707
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing overly long input strings beginning with @ characters. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack (aka REDos vulnerability).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.