PT-2017-10886 · Embedded Javascript · Ejs

Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2018-03-05 · CVE-2017-1000189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ejs versions prior to 2.5.5

Description The issue is related to a denial-of-service caused by weak input validation in the ejs.renderFile() function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.5, update to version 2.5.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the ejs.renderFile() function until a patch is applied.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000189

GHSA-6X77-RPQF-J6MW

Affected Products

Ejs

References · 13

• https://github.com/mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000189 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6x77-rpqf-j6mw · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000189 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/mde/ejs · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6x77-rpqf-j6mw · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20171123041449/http://securityfocus.com/bid/101893 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101893 · Note