CVE-2017-16117
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
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Description
slug is a module to slugify strings, even if they contain unicode. slug is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service is specially crafted untrusted input is passed as input. About 50k characters can block the event loop for 2 seconds.
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Advisory Details
Affected versions of `slug` are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing untrusted user input.
The issue is low severity, as it takes 50,000 characters to cause the event loop to block for 2 seconds,
About 50k characters can block the event loop for 2 seconds.
## Recommendation
Update to version 0.9.2 or later.
Affected Packages
npm
slug
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0
<0.9.2
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
5.0
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 24, 2018, Modified: August 31, 2020
Published: 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:16:46.857Z
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