#VU103053 Inefficient regular expression complexity in nodejs-tmpl - CVE-2021-3777
Published: January 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103053
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3777
CWE-ID: CWE-1333
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
nodejs-tmpl
nodejs-tmpl
Software vendor:
daaku
daaku
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.