6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-4437
Apache Frameguard Regular Expression Complexity Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in dbartholomae lambda-middleware frameguard up to 1.0.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file packages/json-deserializer/src/JsonDeserializer.ts of the component JSON Mime-Type Handler. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-253406 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 12, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-4437 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 Dbartholomae lambda-middleware

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-4437 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/commit/f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6
    Added Reference https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/pull/57
    Added Reference https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/releases/tag/%40lambda-middleware%2Fframeguard_v1.1.0
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.253406
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.253406
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/commit/f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/commit/f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/pull/57 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/pull/57 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/releases/tag/%40lambda-middleware%2Fframeguard_v1.1.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/releases/tag/%40lambda-middleware%2Fframeguard_v1.1.0 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.253406 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.253406 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?id.253406 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?id.253406 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dbartholomae:lambda-middleware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in dbartholomae lambda-middleware frameguard up to 1.0.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file packages/json-deserializer/src/JsonDeserializer.ts of the component JSON Mime-Type Handler. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-253406 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
    Added Reference VulDB https://vuldb.com/?id.253406 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.253406 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/pull/57 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/commit/f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference VulDB https://github.com/dbartholomae/lambda-middleware/releases/tag/%40lambda-middleware%2Fframeguard_v1.1.0 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE VulDB CWE-1333
    Added CVSS V2 VulDB (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 VulDB AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.11010

percentile

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