SB2021042331 - Denial of service in Node-redis
Published: April 23, 2021 Updated: September 29, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021042331
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29469)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources, when a client is in monitoring mode. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.