danocmx node-tf2-item-format up to 5.9.13 redos

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in danocmx node-tf2-item-format up to 5.9.13 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to redos. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-41655. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in danocmx node-tf2-item-format up to 5.9.13 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

TF2 Item Format helps users format TF2 items to the community standards. Versions of `tf2-item-format` since at least `4.2.6` and prior to `5.9.14` are vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack when parsing crafted user input. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to perform DoS attacks on any service that uses any `tf2-item-format` to parse user input. Version `5.9.14` contains a fix for the issue.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-41655 since 07/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1449.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.9.14 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 5cffcc16a9261d6a937bda72bfe6830e02e31eec is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• danocmx

Name

• node-tf2-item-format

Version

• 5.9.0
• 5.9.1
• 5.9.2
• 5.9.3
• 5.9.4
• 5.9.5
• 5.9.6
• 5.9.7
• 5.9.8
• 5.9.9
• 5.9.10
• 5.9.11
• 5.9.12
• 5.9.13

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/danocmx/node-tf2-item-format/

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