SB2023033112 - Denial of service in PapaParse
Published: March 31, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023033112
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Incorrect regular expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36649)
CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a very complex regular expression in papaparse.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and consume extensive system resources, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.