Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2017-20162CVE-2017-20162
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
54.5%
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in
vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file
index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular
expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit
has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version
2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named
caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the
affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is
VDB-217451.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| alexmurray | The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu |
| mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap |
| ccdm94 | chromium-browser, npm and qt6-webengine seem to contain embedded copies of vercel/ms, which is a node package (https://www.npmjs.com/ package/ms). |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | npm | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | npm | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | npm | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | npm | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | npm | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | npm | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | qt6-webengine | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | qt6-webengine | < any | UNKNOWN |
References
github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662
github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89
github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-20162
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20162
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-20162
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20162
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
54.5%