CVE-2019-18797 (Medium) detected in node-sass-4.8.3.tgz, node-sassv4.12.0

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CVE-2019-18797 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - node-sass-4.8.3.tgz, node-sassv4.12.0

node-sass-4.8.3.tgz

Wrapper around libsass

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-sass/-/node-sass-4.8.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /Website/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: Website/node_modules/node-sass/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gulp-sass-4.0.1.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ node-sass-4.8.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

LibSass 3.6.1 has uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Eval::operator()(Sass::Binary_Expression*) in eval.cpp.

Publish Date: 2019-11-06

URL: CVE-2019-18797

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18797

Release Date: 2019-11-06

Fix Resolution: LibSass - 3.6.3

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