SB2021091716 - Regular expression denial of service in nth-check
Published: September 17, 2021 Updated: May 16, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021091716
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Incorrect regular expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3803)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.