CVE-2018-20821 (Medium) detected in node-sass-8.0.0.tgz

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CVE-2018-20821 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-sass-8.0.0.tgz

Wrapper around libsass

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-sass/-/node-sass-8.0.0.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• @osd/ui-framework-1.0.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ node-sass-8.0.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4fd064970b66ce555f48c22dfab6ed965d0e260a

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

The parsing component in LibSass through 3.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Parser::parse_css_variable_value in parser.cpp).

Publish Date: 2019-04-23

URL: CVE-2018-20821

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: Change files

Release Date: 2019-04-15

Fix Resolution: Replace or update the following files: util_string.cpp, util_string.hpp, parser.hpp, parser.cpp

[tmarkley]

Fixed in #1028

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