melnaron mel-spintax lib/spintax.js text redos

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in melnaron mel-spintax. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file lib/spintax.js. Such manipulation of the argument text leads to redos. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-25077. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in melnaron mel-spintax (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file lib/spintax.js. The manipulation of the argument text with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 01/16/2023 as 37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-25077. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1449.003.

Applying the patch 37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The advisory contains the following remark:

Fix possible ReDoS attack

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Redos
CWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Patch: 37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3

Timelineinfo

01/16/2023 🔍
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02/09/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-25077 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-25077
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218456

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2023 23:52
Updated: 02/09/2023 08:57
Changes: 01/16/2023 23:52 (42), 02/09/2023 08:54 (2), 02/09/2023 08:57 (28)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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