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HIGH7.5

GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3

ReDoS Vulnerability in ua-parser-js version

Quick fix

GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3 — ua-parser-js: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install ua-parser-js@0.7.33

Details

### Description: A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in `ua-parser-js`.

### Impact: This vulnerability bypass the library's `MAX_LENGTH` input limit prevention. By crafting a very-very-long user-agent string with specific pattern, an attacker can turn the script to get stuck processing for a very long time which results in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

### Affected Versions: From version `0.7.30` to before versions `0.7.33` / `1.0.33`.

### Patches: A patch has been released to remove the vulnerable regular expression, update to version `0.7.33` / `1.0.33` or later.

### References: [Regular expression Denial of Service - ReDoS](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS)

### Credits: Thanks to @Snyk who first reported the issue.

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Affected packages

npm/ua-parser-js
Introduced in: 0.7.30Fixed in: 0.7.33
Fixnpm install ua-parser-js@0.7.33
npm/ua-parser-js
Introduced in: 0.8.0Fixed in: 1.0.33
Fixnpm install ua-parser-js@1.0.33

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