http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

2023-01-3106:30:26

CWE-1333

GitHub Advisory Database

github.com

299

http-cache-semantics

vulnerability

regular expression

denial of service

software

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

57.4%

JSON

http-cache semantics contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity , leading to Denial of Service. This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

org.webjars.npmhttp-cache-semanticsRange<4.1.1

http-cache-semantics_projecthttp-cache-semanticsRange<4.1.1node.js

VendorProductVersionCPE
org.webjars.npmhttp-cache-semantics*cpe:2.3:a:org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
http-cache-semantics_projecthttp-cache-semantics*cpe:2.3:a:http-cache-semantics_project:http-cache-semantics:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
org.webjars.npm	http-cache-semantics	*	cpe:2.3:a:org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics::::::::
http-cache-semantics_project	http-cache-semantics	*	cpe:2.3:a:http-cache-semantics_project:http-cache-semantics::::::node.js::*