Resource exhaustion in minimist - CVE-2021-44906

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Resource exhaustion in minimist - CVE-2021-44906

Published: June 7, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64030
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44906
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
minimist
Oracle Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
eap7-jboss-jsf (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly-http-client (Red Hat package)
eap7-jberet (Red Hat package)
eap7-ironjacamar (Red Hat package)
eap7-jboss-server-migration (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly-elytron (Red Hat package)
eap7-netty-tcnative (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly-openssl (Red Hat package)
eap7-undertow (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-databind (Red Hat package)
eap7-hal-console (Red Hat package)
eap7-netty-transport-native-epoll (Red Hat package)
eap7-netty (Red Hat package)
eap7-jboss-remoting (Red Hat package)
eap7-hibernate (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
rh-nodejs12-nodejs (Red Hat package)
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly-openssl-el7 (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly-openssl-el8 (Red Hat package)
inter-server-sync
inter-server-sync-debuginfo
prometheus-formula
salt-netapi-client
virtual-host-gatherer-Nutanix
virtual-host-gatherer
virtual-host-gatherer-Kubernetes
virtual-host-gatherer-VMware
virtual-host-gatherer-libcloud
supportutils-plugin-salt
nodejs-minimist
eap7-jettison (Red Hat package)
smdba
eap7 (Red Hat package)
eap7-snakeyaml (Red Hat package)
nodejs-nodemon
rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon (Red Hat package)
nodejs-nodemon (Red Hat package)
eap7-glassfish-jsf (Red Hat package)
eap7-jandex (Red Hat package)
eap7-picketlink-federation (Red Hat package)
eap7-picketlink-bindings (Red Hat package)
eap7-gson (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-core (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-annotations (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-jaxrs-providers (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-modules-java8 (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-modules-base (Red Hat package)
eap7-apache-cxf (Red Hat package)
eap7-javapackages-tools (Red Hat package)
eap7-resteasy (Red Hat package)
release-notes-susemanager-proxy
release-notes-susemanager
susemanager-sync-data
spacewalk-utils
spacewalk-utils-extras
spacewalk-certs-tools
python3-spacewalk-certs-tools
spacecmd
susemanager-schema
spacewalk-backend-server
spacewalk-backend-sql
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc
spacewalk-backend
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs
spacewalk-backend-tools
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server
spacewalk-backend-iss-export
spacewalk-backend-app
spacewalk-backend-applet
spacewalk-backend-config-files
spacewalk-backend-iss
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool
susemanager-sls
uyuni-config-modules
spacewalk-base
spacewalk-base-minimal
spacewalk-base-minimal-config
spacewalk-html
susemanager-tools
susemanager
spacewalk-java-config
spacewalk-taskomatic
spacewalk-java-postgresql
spacewalk-java-lib
spacewalk-java
susemanager-docs_en-pdf
susemanager-docs_en
susemanager-doc-indexes
eap7-picketbox (Red Hat package)
npm
nodejs8-docs
npm8
nodejs8-devel
nodejs8-debugsource
nodejs8-debuginfo
nodejs8
nodejs12
nodejs12-docs
npm12
nodejs12-devel
nodejs12-debugsource
nodejs12-debuginfo
nodejs14-docs
nodejs14-debugsource
nodejs14-devel
nodejs14-debuginfo
nodejs14
npm14
corepack14
nodejs
nodejs-devel
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-docs
nodejs (Red Hat package)
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package)
nodejs-packaging
QRadar Pulse App
Red Hat Software Collections
IBM App Connect Enterprise
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
Storage Fusion Data Foundation
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions
Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS)
Cognos Analytics Mobile (Android)
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Edge Application Manager
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
IBM Integration Bus
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Netcool Operations Insight
Unified OSS Console Assurance Monitoring (UOCAM)
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Fuse
Red Hat Single Sign-On
Splunk Enterprise
IBM Security QRadar Analyst Workflow
Voice Gateway
IBM Cognos Analytics

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trick the library into adding or modifying the properties of Object.prototype, using a constructor or __proto__ payload, resulting in prototype pollution and loss of confidentiality, availability, and integrity.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-44906

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources