uri-js is a module that tries to fully implement RFC 3986. One of these features is validating whether or not a supplied URL is valid or not. To do this, uri-js uses a regular expression, This regular expression is vulnerable to redos. This causes the program to hang and the CPU to idle at 100% usage while uri-js is trying to validate if the supplied URL is valid or not. To check if you're vulnerable, look for a call to `require("uri-js").parse()` where a user is able to send their own input. This affects uri-js 2.1.1 and earlier.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/100 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/12 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2018-06-04 12:29
Updated : 2019-10-09 16:24
NVD link : CVE-2017-16021
Mitre link : CVE-2017-16021
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
uri-js_project
- uri-js