Vulnerability identifier: #VU87787
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-1333
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
debug
Other software /
Other software solutions
Vendor: Qix
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 in the function useColors of the file src/node.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
debug: 0.1.0 - 3.0.1
External links
http://github.com/debug-js/debug/pull/504
http://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217665
http://github.com/debug-js/debug/commit/c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685
http://github.com/debug-js/debug/releases/tag/3.1.0
http://vuldb.com/?id.217665
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.