CVE-2020-7662GHSA-G78M-2CHM-R7QVSNYK-JS-WEBSOCKETEXTENSIONS-570623
websocket-extensions npm module prior to 0.1.4 allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Regex Backtracking.
- Published
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 0.1.4
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
websocket-extensions npm module prior to 0.1.4 allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Regex Backtracking. The extension parser may take quadratic time when parsing a header containing an unclosed string parameter value whose content is a repeating two-byte sequence of a backslash and some other character. This could be abused by an attacker to conduct Regex Denial Of Service (ReDoS) on a single-threaded server by providing a malicious payload with the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- n/a websocket-extensions (npm)
All versions prior to 0.1.4
- websocket-extensionsnpm
fixed in 0.1.4