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Regular Expression DoS vulnerability #15341
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- …On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, 10:35 123, ***@***.***> wrote: We are working on the ReDoS <https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS> problem and detected 4 vulnerable regex(es) from your repository. 1: :((?:[\w\u00c0-\uFFFF\-]|\\.)+)(?:\((['"]?)((?:\([^\)]+\)|[^\(\)]*)+)\2\))? in brackets/src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/tests/jquery-1.7.js 2: ((?:\((?:\([^()]+\)|[^()]+)+\)|\[(?:\[[^\[\]]*\]|['"][^'"]*['"]|[^\[\]'"]+)+\]|\\.|[^ >+~,(\[\\]+)+|[>+~])(\s*,\s*)?((?:.|\r|\n)*) in brackets/src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/tests/jquery-1.6.js 3: <(\w+?)\s+(?:[^<]*?\s)*?data-brackets-id='(\S+?)' in brackets/test/spec/HTMLInstrumentation-test.js 4: -webkit-gradient\((?:[^\(]*?(?:\((?:[^\(]*?(?:\([^\)]*?\))*?)*?\))*?)*?\)|(?:(?:-moz-|-ms-|-o-|-webkit-|:|\s)((repeating-)?linear-gradient)|(?:-moz-|-ms-|-o-|-webkit-|:|\s)((repeating-)?radial-gradient))(\((?:[^\)]*?(?:\([^\)]*?\))*?)*?\)) in brackets/src/extensions/default/QuickView/main.js Please try the following: var pattern = ":((?:[\\w\\u00c0-\\uFFFF\\-]|\\\\.)+)(?:\\((['\"]?)((?:\\([^\\)]+\\)|[^\\(\\)]*)+)\\2\\))?"; var input = ":\\\b(\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"; var re = new RegExp(pattern); var matched = input.match(re); var pattern = "((?:\\((?:\\([^()]+\\)|[^()]+)+\\)|\\[(?:\\[[^\\[\\]]*\\]|['\"][^'\"]*['\"]|[^\\[\\]'\"]+)+\\]|\\\\.|[^ >+~,(\\[\\\\]+)+|[>+~])(\\s*,\\s*)?((?:.|\\r|\\n)*)"; var input = "[\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"; var re = new RegExp(pattern); var matched = input.match(re); var pattern = "<(\\w+?)\\s+(?:[^<]*?\\s)*?data-brackets-id='(\\S+?)'"; var input = "<0 \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t <"; var re = new RegExp(pattern); var matched = input.match(re); var pattern = "-webkit-gradient\\((?:[^\\(]*?(?:\\((?:[^\\(]*?(?:\\([^\\)]*?\\))*?)*?\\))*?)*?\\)|(?:(?:-moz-|-ms-|-o-|-webkit-|:|\\s)((repeating-)?linear-gradient)|(?:-moz-|-ms-|-o-|-webkit-|:|\\s)((repeating-)?radial-gradient))(\\((?:[^\\)]*?(?:\\([^\\)]*?\\))*?)*?\\))"; var input = "-webkit-gradient(\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"; var re = new RegExp(pattern); var matched = input.match(re); We didn’t create a pull request because we're not sure if these cases are possible to take place in your program, we also do not understand the functionality of these regexes as you do. Thank you for your understanding. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#15341>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ART7KPQTK6YJAQVWRUHXVA3TIQM6PANCNFSM423CHLEA> .
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We are working on the ReDoS problem and detected 4 vulnerable regex(es) from your repository.
1:
:((?:[\w\u00c0-\uFFFF\-]|\\.)+)(?:\((['"]?)((?:\([^\)]+\)|[^\(\)]*)+)\2\))?in brackets/src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/tests/jquery-1.7.js2:
((?:\((?:\([^()]+\)|[^()]+)+\)|\[(?:\[[^\[\]]*\]|['"][^'"]*['"]|[^\[\]'"]+)+\]|\\.|[^ >+~,(\[\\]+)+|[>+~])(\s*,\s*)?((?:.|\r|\n)*)in brackets/src/extensions/default/JavaScriptQuickEdit/unittest-files/jquery-ui/tests/jquery-1.6.js3:
<(\w+?)\s+(?:[^<]*?\s)*?data-brackets-id='(\S+?)'in brackets/test/spec/HTMLInstrumentation-test.js4:
-webkit-gradient\((?:[^\(]*?(?:\((?:[^\(]*?(?:\([^\)]*?\))*?)*?\))*?)*?\)|(?:(?:-moz-|-ms-|-o-|-webkit-|:|\s)((repeating-)?linear-gradient)|(?:-moz-|-ms-|-o-|-webkit-|:|\s)((repeating-)?radial-gradient))(\((?:[^\)]*?(?:\([^\)]*?\))*?)*?\))in brackets/src/extensions/default/QuickView/main.jsPlease try the following:
We didn’t create a pull request because we're not sure if these cases are possible to take place in your program, we also do not understand the functionality of these regexes as you do. Thank you for your understanding.