grunt-contrib-uglify-0.2.7.tgz: 1 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 7.5)

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Vulnerable Library - grunt-contrib-uglify-0.2.7.tgz

Path to dependency file: /clumsy-bird/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /clumsy-bird/node_modules/grunt-contrib-uglify/node_modules/uglify-js/package.json

Vulnerabilities

CVE	Severity	CVSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (grunt-contrib-uglify version)	Remediation Possible**
CVE-2015-8858	High	7.5	uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz	Transitive	0.4.0	❌

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

CVE-2015-8858

Vulnerable Library - uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz

JavaScript parser, mangler/compressor and beautifier toolkit

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz

Path to dependency file: /clumsy-bird/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /clumsy-bird/node_modules/grunt-contrib-uglify/node_modules/uglify-js/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• grunt-contrib-uglify-0.2.7.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The uglify-js package before 2.6.0 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input in a parse call, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

Publish Date: 2017-01-23

URL: CVE-2015-8858

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

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: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8858

Release Date: 2017-01-23

Fix Resolution (uglify-js): 2.6.0

Direct dependency fix Resolution (grunt-contrib-uglify): 0.4.0

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