7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-36830
"Nescalante URLregex Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability"
Description

A vulnerability was found in nescalante urlregex up to 0.5.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.js of the component Backtracking. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.5.1 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 2, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 5, 2024, 9:47 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-36830 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nescalante urlregex
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/commit/e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9 Patch
https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/pull/8 Exploit
https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/releases/tag/v0.5.1 Release Notes
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276269 Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?id.276269 Third Party Advisory

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/commit/e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/commit/e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/pull/8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/pull/8 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/releases/tag/v0.5.1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/releases/tag/v0.5.1 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276269 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276269 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?id.276269 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?id.276269 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nescalante:urlregex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.5.1
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in nescalante urlregex up to 0.5.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.js of the component Backtracking. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.5.1 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
    Added Reference VulDB https://vuldb.com/?id.276269 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276269 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/pull/8 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/commit/e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/releases/tag/v0.5.1 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE VulDB CWE-1333
    Added CVSS V2 VulDB (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 VulDB AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V4.0 VulDB CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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