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GHSA-4q6p-r6v2-jvc5: Chaijs/get-func-name vulnerable to ReDoS
The current regex implementation for parsing values in the module is susceptible to excessive backtracking, leading to potential DoS attacks. The regex implementation in question is as follows:
const functionNameMatch = /\s*function(?:\s|\s*\/\*[^(?:*/)]+\*\/\s*)*([^\s(/]+)/;
This vulnerability can be exploited when there is an imbalance in parentheses, which results in excessive backtracking and subsequently increases the CPU load and processing time significantly. This vulnerability can be triggered using the following input:
'\t'.repeat(54773) + '\t/function/i'
Here is a simple PoC code to demonstrate the issue:
const protocolre = /\sfunction(?:\s|\s/*[^(?:*\/)]+*/\s*)*([^\(\/]+)/;
const startTime = Date.now();
const maliciousInput = '\t'.repeat(54773) + '\t/function/i'
protocolre.test(maliciousInput);
const endTime = Date.now();
console.log("process time: ", endTime - startTime, "ms");
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Chaijs/get-func-name vulnerable to ReDoS
High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 26, 2023 in chaijs/get-func-name • Updated Sep 27, 2023
Package
npm get-func-name (npm)
Affected versions
< 2.0.1
Description
The current regex implementation for parsing values in the module is susceptible to excessive backtracking, leading to potential DoS attacks. The regex implementation in question is as follows:
const functionNameMatch = /\s*function(?:\s|\s*\/\*[^(?:*/)]+\*\/\s*)*([^\s(/]+)/;
This vulnerability can be exploited when there is an imbalance in parentheses, which results in excessive backtracking and subsequently increases the CPU load and processing time significantly. This vulnerability can be triggered using the following input:
'\t’.repeat(54773) + ‘\t/function/i’
Here is a simple PoC code to demonstrate the issue:
const protocolre = /\sfunction(?:\s|\s/*[^(?:*\/)]+*/\s*)*([^\(\/]+)/;
const startTime = Date.now(); const maliciousInput = '\t’.repeat(54773) + ‘\t/function/i’
protocolre.test(maliciousInput);
const endTime = Date.now();
console.log("process time: ", endTime - startTime, “ms”);
References
- GHSA-4q6p-r6v2-jvc5
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43646
- chaijs/get-func-name@f934b22
- https://github.com/chaijs/get-func-name/blob/78ad756441a83f3dc203e50f76c113ae3ac017dc/index.js#L15
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 27, 2023
Last updated
Sep 27, 2023
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get-func-name is a module to retrieve a function's name securely and consistently both in NodeJS and the browser. Versions prior to 2.0.1 are subject to a regular expression denial of service (redos) vulnerability which may lead to a denial of service when parsing malicious input. This vulnerability can be exploited when there is an imbalance in parentheses, which results in excessive backtracking and subsequently increases the CPU load and processing time significantly. This vulnerability can be triggered using the following input: '\t'.repeat(54773) + '\t/function/i'. This issue has been addressed in commit `f934b228b` which has been included in releases from 2.0.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.