GHSA-G36H-6R4F-3MQP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-07-24 20:16 – Updated: 2023-09-12 20:48
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Summary
Regular Expression Denial of Service in string package
Details

Affected versions of string are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.

Recommendation

There is currently no direct patch for this vulnerability.

Currently, the best solution is to avoid passing user input to the underscore and unescapeHTML methods.

Alternatively, a user provided patch is available in Pull Request #217, however this patch has not been tested, nor has it been merged by the package author.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "string"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "3.3.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16116"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:35:57Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Affected versions of `string` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the `underscore` or `unescapeHTML` methods.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nThere is currently no direct patch for this vulnerability. \n\nCurrently, the best solution is to avoid passing user input to the `underscore` and `unescapeHTML` methods.\n\nAlternatively, a user provided patch is available in [Pull Request #217]( https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/pull/217/commits/eab9511e4efbc8c521e18b6cf2e8565ae50c5a16), however this patch has not been tested, nor has it been merged by the package author.",
  "id": "GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp",
  "modified": "2023-09-12T20:48:10Z",
  "published": "2018-07-24T20:16:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16116"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/issues/212"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/536"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in string package"
}


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