GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp

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    GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp

    Published: 24 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Regular Expression Denial of Service in string package

    Details: Affected versions of `string` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the `underscore` or `unescapeHTML` methods. ## Recommendation There is currently no direct patch for this vulnerability. Currently, the best solution is to avoid passing user input to the `underscore` and `unescapeHTML` methods. Alternatively, a user provided patch is available in [Pull Request #217]( https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/pull/217/commits/eab9511e4efbc8c521e18b6cf2e8565ae50c5a16), however this patch has not been tested, nor has it been merged by the package author.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16116, https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/issues/212, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/536

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: string

    Purl: pkg:npm/string

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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