QID 983996

QID 983996: Nodejs (npm) Security Update for slug (GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9)

Affected versions of `slug` are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing untrusted user input. The issue is low severity, as it takes 50,000 characters to cause the event loop to block for 2 seconds, About 50k characters can block the event loop for 2 seconds. ## Recommendation Update to version 0.9.2 or later.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted user.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer to GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9 for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.

Vendor References

GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9 - github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9

CVEs related to QID 983996

CVE-2017-16117 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9	slug		github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9

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