CVE-2018-7651 (Medium) detected in ssri-4.1.6.tgz

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CVE-2018-7651 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ssri-4.1.6.tgz

Standard Subresource Integrity library -- parses, serializes, generates, and verifies integrity metadata according to the SRI spec.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/ssri/-/ssri-4.1.6.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/npm/node_modules/ssri/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gitbook-cli-2.3.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • npm-5.1.0.tgz
    • ❌ ssri-4.1.6.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 519f14f5bf17414e9dd0791031d98bff94320809

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

index.js in the ssri module before 5.2.2 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in strict mode functionality via a long base64 hash string.

Publish Date: 2018-03-04

URL: CVE-2018-7651

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.9)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • 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-2018-7651

Release Date: 2018-03-04

Fix Resolution: 5.2.2

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[github-actions]

Greetings! Sorry to say but this is a very old issue that is probably not getting as much attention as it deservers. We encourage you to check if this is still an issue in the latest release and if you find that this is still a problem, please feel free to open a new one.