Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.
Mend Note: After conducting further research, Mend has determined that CVE-2020-28500 only affects environments with versions 4.0.0 to 4.17.20 of Lodash.
:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.
CVE-2020-28500 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - lodash-4.17.20.tgz
Lodash modular utilities.
Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.20.tgz
Dependency Hierarchy: - webpack-dev-server-3.11.0.tgz (Root Library) - portfinder-1.0.28.tgz - async-2.6.3.tgz - :x: **lodash-4.17.20.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 8727e4bba1fb8bb6a2721c00a891d080c7f11b90
Found in base branch: main
Vulnerability Details
Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions. Mend Note: After conducting further research, Mend has determined that CVE-2020-28500 only affects environments with versions 4.0.0 to 4.17.20 of Lodash.
Publish Date: 2021-02-15
URL: CVE-2020-28500
CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: Low
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28500
Release Date: 2021-02-15
Fix Resolution (lodash): 4.17.21
Direct dependency fix Resolution (webpack-dev-server): 3.11.1
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