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GHSA-5rqg-jm4f-cqx7 json

Infinite loop causing Denial of Service in colors

published 4y ago modified 4y ago

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not in CISA's catalog
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no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

colors is a library for including colored text in node.js consoles. Between 07 and 09 January 2022, colors versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.44-liberty-2 were published including malicious code that caused a Denial of Service due to an infinite loop. Software dependent on these versions experienced the printing of randomized characters to console and an infinite loop resulting in unbound system resource consumption.

Users of colors relying on these specific versions should downgrade to version 1.4.0.

Patch / fix

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Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm colors
>=1.4.1, <=1.4.2
1 listed version
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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