CVE-2017-16137 (Medium) detected in debug-2.6.8.tgz

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CVE-2017-16137 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - debug-2.6.8.tgz

small debugging utility

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.6.8.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webpack-2.7.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • watchpack-1.4.0.tgz
    • chokidar-1.7.0.tgz
      • fsevents-1.1.2.tgz
        • node-pre-gyp-0.6.36.tgz
          • tar-pack-3.4.0.tgz
            • ❌ debug-2.6.8.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 401f73579c289637e10b6a10cb44727b52b03e1b

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: Change files

Origin: debug-js/debug@42a6ae0

Release Date: 2017-09-21

Fix Resolution: Replace or update the following file: node.js

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