tlkh/ai-lab

CVE-2017-16137 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2017-16137 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - debug-0.8.1.tgz

small debugging utility

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-0.8.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: /ai-lab/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/git/ai-lab/node_modules/debug/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • core-0.5.0.tgz (Root Library)
    • application-package-0.5.0.tgz
      • changes-stream-2.2.0.tgz
        • ❌ debug-0.8.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 082fbcbc8c2ef8fc2f905bd9e108a64bbeabbbfe

Vulnerability Details

The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.

Publish Date: 2018-06-07

URL: CVE-2017-16137

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: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534

Release Date: 2017-09-27

Fix Resolution: Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.6.9 or later. Version 3.x.x: Update to version 3.1.0 or later.

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tlkh commented

Resolved, not using actually Theia (/ai-lab/package.json is not used)