CVE-2017-16116
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
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Description
The string module is a module that provides extra string operations. The string module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.
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Advisory 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]( 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.
Affected Packages
npm
string
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0
≤3.3.3
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
7.5
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 24, 2018, Modified: September 12, 2023
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Published: 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T19:35:06.187Z
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