CVE-2021-23362 (Medium) detected in hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz, hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz

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CVE-2021-23362 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz, hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz

hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz

Provides metadata and conversions from repository urls for Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• grunt-1.0.3.tgz (Root Library)
  • dateformat-1.0.12.tgz
    • meow-3.7.0.tgz
      • normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz
        • ❌ hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz

Provides metadata and conversions from repository urls for Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,/node_modules/nyc/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• grunt-npm-install-0.3.1.tgz (Root Library)
  • npm-3.10.10.tgz
    • ❌ hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ade63e4d4d7f78775fe064056f81c5da1b53aecf

Found in base branch: dev

Vulnerability Details

The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expression shortcutMatch in the fromUrl function in index.js. The affected regular expression exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.

Publish Date: 2021-03-23

URL: CVE-2021-23362

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-43f8-2h32-f4cj

Release Date: 2021-03-23

Fix Resolution (hosted-git-info): 2.8.9

Direct dependency fix Resolution (grunt): 1.5.2

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