Buffer Overflow Affecting org.webjars.npm:validator package, versions (,5.0.0)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-480309
  • published 18 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 18 Feb 2016
  • credit Guillaume Leclerc

How to fix?

Upgrade validator to version 5.0.0 or higher.

Overview

validator is a library of string validators and sanitizers.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. It used a regular expression (/^(?:[A-Z0-9+\/]{4})*(?:[A-Z0-9+\/]{2}==|[A-Z0-9+\/]{3}=|[A-Z0-9+\/]{4})$/i) in order to validate Base64 strings.