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CVE-2021-23490 (High) detected in parse-link-header #1111

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GHSA-q674-xm3x-2926 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - parse-link-header@1.0.1

Parses a link header and returns paging information for each contained link.

Library home page: https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-link-header

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • @osd/test@1.0.0 (Root Library)
    • parse-link-header@1.0.1 (Vulnerable Library)
$ npm ls parse-link-header
opensearch-dashboards@2.0.0 /home/ubuntu/ws/OpenSearch-Dashboards
└─┬ @osd/test@1.0.0 -> /home/ubuntu/ws/OpenSearch-Dashboards/packages/osd-test
  └── parse-link-header@1.0.1 
$ yarn why parse-link-header
yarn why v1.22.17
[1/4] Why do we have the module "parse-link-header"...?
[2/4] Initialising dependency graph...
warning Resolution field "typescript@4.0.2" is incompatible with requested version "typescript@~4.4.2"
[3/4] Finding dependency...
[4/4] Calculating file sizes...
=> Found "parse-link-header@1.0.1"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "_project_#@osd#test" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#@osd#test#parse-link-header"
info Disk size without dependencies: "44KB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "72KB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "72KB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 1
Done in 1.85s.

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

The package parse-link-header before 2.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the checkHeader function.

Publish Date: 2021-12-24

URL: CVE-2021-23490

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

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: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: thlorenz/parse-link-header#25

Release Date: 2022-01-06

Fix Resolution: parse-link-header - 2.0.0

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