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CVE-2021-23362 (Medium) detected in hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz #490

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mend-bolt-for-github bot opened this issue Feb 29, 2024 · 1 comment
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CVE-2021-23362 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz

Provides metadata and conversions from repository urls for Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,/node_modules/meow/node_modules/read-pkg/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • release-notes-generator-9.0.1.tgz (Root Library)
    • conventional-changelog-writer-4.1.0.tgz
      • meow-8.1.2.tgz
        • read-pkg-up-7.0.1.tgz
          • read-pkg-5.2.0.tgz
            • normalize-package-data-2.5.0.tgz
              • hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expression shortcutMatch in the fromUrl function in index.js. The affected regular expression exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.

Publish Date: 2021-03-23

URL: CVE-2021-23362

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

  • Exploitability Metrics:
    • Attack Vector: Network
    • Attack Complexity: Low
    • Privileges Required: None
    • User Interaction: None
    • Scope: Unchanged
  • Impact Metrics:
    • Confidentiality Impact: None
    • Integrity Impact: None
    • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-43f8-2h32-f4cj

Release Date: 2021-03-23

Fix Resolution (hosted-git-info): 2.8.9

Direct dependency fix Resolution (@semantic-release/release-notes-generator): 9.0.2


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