CVE-2018-19838 (Medium) detected in node-sass-4.14.1.tgz, node-sassv4.13.1

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CVE-2018-19838 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - node-sass-4.14.1.tgz, node-sassv4.13.1

node-sass-4.14.1.tgz

Wrapper around libsass

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-sass/-/node-sass-4.14.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: resume/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: resume/node_modules/node-sass/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ node-sass-4.14.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 5f3662aa801596074e7b1252738e340f55c2c760

Vulnerability Details

In LibSass prior to 3.5.5, functions inside ast.cpp for IMPLEMENT_AST_OPERATORS expansion allow attackers to cause a denial-of-service resulting from stack consumption via a crafted sass file, as demonstrated by recursive calls involving clone(), cloneChildren(), and copy().

Publish Date: 2018-12-04

URL: CVE-2018-19838

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/sass/libsass/blob/3.6.0/src/ast.cpp

Release Date: 2019-07-01

Fix Resolution: LibSass - 3.6.0

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