Vulnerability identifier: #VU63709
Vulnerability 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:
CWE-ID:
CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
trim-newlines
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: Sindre Sorhus
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 regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
trim-newlines: 1.0.0 - 4.0.0
External links
http://www.npmjs.com/package/trim-newlines
http://github.com/sindresorhus/trim-newlines/releases/tag/v4.0.1
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0007/
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.