CVE-2021-23424 (High) detected in ansi-html-0.0.7.tgz #108

CVE-2021-23424 - High Severity Vulnerability

<details><summary><img src='https://whitesource-resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability_details.png&#39; width=19 height=20> Vulnerable Library - <b>ansi-html-0.0.7.tgz</b></p></summary>

<p>An elegant lib that converts the chalked (ANSI) text to HTML.</p> <p>Library home page: <a href="https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-html/-/ansi-html-0.0.7.tgz">https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-html/-/ansi-html-0.0.7.tgz</a></p> <p>Path to dependency file: github-pages-vuepress/package.json</p> <p>Path to vulnerable library: github-pages-vuepress/node_modules/ansi-html/package.json</p> <p>

Dependency Hierarchy:

• vuepress-1.8.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • core-1.8.2.tgz
    • webpack-dev-server-3.11.2.tgz
      • :x: ansi-html-0.0.7.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

        <p>Found in HEAD commit: <a href="https://github.com/scriptex/github-pages-vuepress/commit/20e3cd7cbde80fb9d9c5e9374cc6f0ffeff3fe98">20e3cd7cbde80fb9d9c5e9374cc6f0ffeff3fe98</a></p> <p>Found in base branch: <b>master</b></p> </p> </details> <p></p> <details><summary><img src='https://whitesource-resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/high_vul.png&#39; width=19 height=20> Vulnerability Details</summary> <p>

This affects all versions of package ansi-html. If an attacker provides a malicious string, it will get stuck processing the input for an extremely long time.

<p>Publish Date: 2021-08-18 <p>URL: <a href=https://vuln.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23424>CVE-2021-23424</a></p> </p> </details> <p></p> <details><summary><img src='https://whitesource-resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/cvss3.png&#39; width=19 height=20> CVSS 3 Score Details (<b>7.5</b>)</summary> <p>

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

    </p> For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click <a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0">here</a>. </p> </details> <p></p>

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