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SCA: security update for color-string (GHSA-257v-vj4p-3w2h)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408690

Description

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

 - A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Color-String version 1.5.5
 and below which occurs when the application is provided and checks a crafted invalid HWB string.
 (CVE-2021-29060)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-257v-vj4p-3w2h

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408690

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29060

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29060

cwe: CWE-770