Input validation error in nodejs (Alpine package)



Published: 2021-04-13 | Updated: 2022-09-05
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-27290
CWE-ID CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU52194

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27290

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of SRIs. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nodejs (Alpine package): 14.16.1-r0

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=23f0f1cbd5b471e3bafae2026e9c6fcdcf7d2dbc


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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