WS-2018-0591 (Medium) detected in esm-3.0.80.tgz

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WS-2018-0591 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - esm-3.0.80.tgz

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Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/esm/-/esm-3.0.80.tgz

Path to dependency file: /cezerin/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/esm/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ esm-3.0.80.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c7838a0eac341bb8840bc645025fb2f8268cd42c

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in esm before 3.1.0. The issue is that esm's find-indexes is using the unescaped identifiers in a regex, which, in this case, causes an infinite loop.

Publish Date: 2018-12-24

URL: WS-2018-0591

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2018-12-24

Fix Resolution: 3.1.0

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