A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the     function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient     regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of     the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected     component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2017-20165)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the
    function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient
    regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of
    the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected
    component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2017-20165)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254799	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-20165	Nessus	Misc.	high
413482	SCA: security update for debug (GHSA-9vvw-cc9w-f27h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
413482	SCA: security update for debug (GHSA-9vvw-cc9w-f27h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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CVE-2017-20165

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