WS-2019-0540 (Medium) detected in autolinker-0.15.3.tgz

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WS-2019-0540 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - autolinker-0.15.3.tgz

Utility to automatically link the URLs, email addresses, and Twitter handles in a given block of text/HTML

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/autolinker/-/autolinker-0.15.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/docs/book/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/docs/book/node_modules/autolinker/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gitbook-plugin-toc-0.0.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • markdown-toc-0.11.9.tgz
    • remarkable-1.7.1.tgz
      • ❌ autolinker-0.15.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 04559d9f4a6d57d8fe5845ab7b2e53b2dca0ac76

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was found in autolinker before 3.0.0. Unterminated img src causes long execution.

Publish Date: 2019-01-08

URL: WS-2019-0540

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

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: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2019-01-08

Fix Resolution: autolinker - 3.0.0

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