WS-2015-0017 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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WS-2015-0017 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz, uglify-js-2.3.6.tgz

uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz

JavaScript parser, mangler/compressor and beautifier toolkit

path: /tmp/git/flummox/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/uglify-js/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webpack-1.7.3.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ uglify-js-2.4.24.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

uglify-js-2.3.6.tgz

JavaScript parser, mangler/compressor and beautifier toolkit

path: /tmp/git/flummox/node_modules/uglify-js/package.json

Library home page: http://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-2.3.6.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• istanbul-0.3.7.tgz (Root Library)
  • handlebars-1.3.0.tgz
    • ❌ uglify-js-2.3.6.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Uglify-js is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when certain types of input is passed into .parse().

Publish Date: 2015-10-24

URL: WS-2015-0017

CVSS 2 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/48

Release Date: 2015-10-24

Fix Resolution: Update to version 2.6.0 or later

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