CVE-2017-20162
Publication date 5 January 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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chromium-browser | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
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24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needed | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
npm | 24.10 oracular |
Needs evaluation
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24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage | |
qt6-webengine | 24.10 oracular |
Needs evaluation
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24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
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20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Notes
alexmurray
The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur
starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap
ccdm94
chromium-browser, npm and qt6-webengine seem to contain embedded copies of vercel/ms, which is a node package (https://www.npmjs.com/ package/ms).
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | Low |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |