GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-5rqg-jm4f-cqx7 Infinite loop causing Denial of Service in colors

HIGH Published 2022-01-10 Modified 2022-01-10 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
colors
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-835
Reviewed
2022-01-10

Affected packages

• npm colors: >= 1.4.1, <= 1.4.2 (no fix yet) • npm colors: 1.4.44-liberty-2 (no fix yet)

Description

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.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References