CVE-2021-23567
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The package colors after 1.4.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) that was introduced through an infinite loop in the americanFlag module. Unfortunately this appears to have been a purposeful attempt by a maintainer of colors to make the package unusable, other maintainers' controls over this package appear to have been revoked in an attempt to prevent them from fixing the issue. Vulnerable Code js for (let i = 666; i < Infinity; i++;) { Alternative Remediation Suggested * Pin dependancy to 1.4.0
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-23567
- Assigner
- report@snyk.io
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2022-01-14T20:15:10
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-01-21T19:08:03
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:colors.js_project:colors.js:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:colors.js_project:colors.js:1.4.44-liberty-2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/blog/open-source-maintainer-pulls-the-plug-on-npm-packages-colors-and-faker-now-what/ | Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COLORS-2331906 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/commit/074a0f8ed0c31c35d13d28632bd8a049ff136fb6%23diff-92bbac9a308cd5fcf9db165841f2d90ce981baddcb2b1e26cfff170929af3bd1R18 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285%23issuecomment-1008212640 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23567 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23567 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 06:36:45 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-06 06:39:08 | 2022-01-14T20:15Z | 2022-01-14T20:15:10 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-06 06:39:08 | 2022-01-21T19:08:03 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-06 06:39:08 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |