fix: better handling of whitespace (back-port to v5)

package.json

@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
     "semver.js"
   ],
   "tap": {
-    "check-coverage": true
+    "timeout": 30
   }
 }

semver.js

@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@ var MAX_SAFE_COMPONENT_LENGTH = 16
 
 // The actual regexps go on exports.re
 var re = exports.re = []
+var safeRe = exports.safeRe = []
 var src = exports.src = []
 var R = 0
 
+function makeSafeRe (value) {
+  return value.split('\\s*').join('\\s{0,1}').split('\\s+').join('\\s')
+}
+
 // The following Regular Expressions can be used for tokenizing,
 // validating, and parsing SemVer version strings.
 
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ src[LONETILDE] = '(?:~>?)'
 var TILDETRIM = R++
 src[TILDETRIM] = '(\\s*)' + src[LONETILDE] + '\\s+'
 re[TILDETRIM] = new RegExp(src[TILDETRIM], 'g')
+safeRe[TILDETRIM] = new RegExp(makeSafeRe(src[TILDETRIM]), 'g')
 var tildeTrimReplace = '$1~'
 
 var TILDE = R++
@@ -189,6 +195,7 @@ src[LONECARET] = '(?:\\^)'
 var CARETTRIM = R++
 src[CARETTRIM] = '(\\s*)' + src[LONECARET] + '\\s+'
 re[CARETTRIM] = new RegExp(src[CARETTRIM], 'g')
+safeRe[CARETTRIM] = new RegExp(makeSafeRe(src[CARETTRIM]), 'g')
 var caretTrimReplace = '$1^'
 
 var CARET = R++
@@ -210,6 +217,7 @@ src[COMPARATORTRIM] = '(\\s*)' + src[GTLT] +
 
 // this one has to use the /g flag
 re[COMPARATORTRIM] = new RegExp(src[COMPARATORTRIM], 'g')
+safeRe[COMPARATORTRIM] = new RegExp(makeSafeRe(src[COMPARATORTRIM]), 'g')
 var comparatorTrimReplace = '$1$2$3'
 
 // Something like `1.2.3 - 1.2.4`
@@ -238,6 +246,14 @@ for (var i = 0; i < R; i++) {
   debug(i, src[i])
   if (!re[i]) {
     re[i] = new RegExp(src[i])
+
+    // Replace all greedy whitespace to prevent regex dos issues. These regex are
+    // used internally via the safeRe object since all inputs in this library get
+    // normalized first to trim and collapse all extra whitespace. The original
+    // regexes are exported for userland consumption and lower level usage. A
+    // future breaking change could export the safer regex only with a note that
+    // all input should have extra whitespace removed.
+    safeRe[i] = new RegExp(src[i].split('\\s*').join('\\s{0,1}').split('\\s+').join('\\s'))
   }
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +278,7 @@ function parse (version, options) {
     return null
   }
 
-  var r = options.loose ? re[LOOSE] : re[FULL]
+  var r = options.loose ? safeRe[LOOSE] : safeRe[FULL]
   if (!r.test(version)) {
     return null
   }
@@ -317,7 +333,7 @@ function SemVer (version, options) {
   this.options = options
   this.loose = !!options.loose
 
-  var m = version.trim().match(options.loose ? re[LOOSE] : re[FULL])
+  var m = version.trim().match(options.loose ? safeRe[LOOSE] : safeRe[FULL])
 
   if (!m) {
     throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version)
@@ -731,6 +747,7 @@ function Comparator (comp, options) {
     return new Comparator(comp, options)
   }
 
+  comp = comp.trim().split(/\s+/).join(' ')
   debug('comparator', comp, options)
   this.options = options
   this.loose = !!options.loose
@@ -747,7 +764,7 @@ function Comparator (comp, options) {
 
 var ANY = {}
 Comparator.prototype.parse = function (comp) {
-  var r = this.options.loose ? re[COMPARATORLOOSE] : re[COMPARATOR]
+  var r = this.options.loose ? safeRe[COMPARATORLOOSE] : safeRe[COMPARATOR]
   var m = comp.match(r)
 
   if (!m) {
@@ -861,17 +878,24 @@ function Range (range, options) {
   this.loose = !!options.loose
   this.includePrerelease = !!options.includePrerelease
 
-  // First, split based on boolean or ||
+  // First reduce all whitespace as much as possible so we do not have to rely
+  // on potentially slow regexes like \s*. This is then stored and used for
+  // future error messages as well.
   this.raw = range
-  this.set = range.split(/\s*\|\|\s*/).map(function (range) {
+    .trim()
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .join(' ')
+
+  // First, split based on boolean or ||
+  this.set = this.raw.split('||').map(function (range) {
     return this.parseRange(range.trim())
   }, this).filter(function (c) {
     // throw out any that are not relevant for whatever reason
     return c.length
   })
 
   if (!this.set.length) {
-    throw new TypeError('Invalid SemVer Range: ' + range)
+    throw new TypeError('Invalid SemVer Range: ' + this.raw)
   }
 
   this.format()
@@ -890,28 +914,23 @@ Range.prototype.toString = function () {
 
 Range.prototype.parseRange = function (range) {
   var loose = this.options.loose
-  range = range.trim()
   // `1.2.3 - 1.2.4` => `>=1.2.3 <=1.2.4`
-  var hr = loose ? re[HYPHENRANGELOOSE] : re[HYPHENRANGE]
+  var hr = loose ? safeRe[HYPHENRANGELOOSE] : safeRe[HYPHENRANGE]
   range = range.replace(hr, hyphenReplace)
   debug('hyphen replace', range)
   // `> 1.2.3 < 1.2.5` => `>1.2.3 <1.2.5`
-  range = range.replace(re[COMPARATORTRIM], comparatorTrimReplace)
-  debug('comparator trim', range, re[COMPARATORTRIM])
+  range = range.replace(safeRe[COMPARATORTRIM], comparatorTrimReplace)
+  debug('comparator trim', range, safeRe[COMPARATORTRIM])
 
   // `~ 1.2.3` => `~1.2.3`
-  range = range.replace(re[TILDETRIM], tildeTrimReplace)
+  range = range.replace(safeRe[TILDETRIM], tildeTrimReplace)
 
   // `^ 1.2.3` => `^1.2.3`
-  range = range.replace(re[CARETTRIM], caretTrimReplace)
-
-  // normalize spaces
-  range = range.split(/\s+/).join(' ')
+  range = range.replace(safeRe[CARETTRIM], caretTrimReplace)
 
   // At this point, the range is completely trimmed and
   // ready to be split into comparators.
-
-  var compRe = loose ? re[COMPARATORLOOSE] : re[COMPARATOR]
+  var compRe = loose ? safeRe[COMPARATORLOOSE] : safeRe[COMPARATOR]
   var set = range.split(' ').map(function (comp) {
     return parseComparator(comp, this.options)
   }, this).join(' ').split(/\s+/)
@@ -987,7 +1006,7 @@ function replaceTildes (comp, options) {
 }
 
 function replaceTilde (comp, options) {
-  var r = options.loose ? re[TILDELOOSE] : re[TILDE]
+  var r = options.loose ? safeRe[TILDELOOSE] : safeRe[TILDE]
   return comp.replace(r, function (_, M, m, p, pr) {
     debug('tilde', comp, _, M, m, p, pr)
     var ret
@@ -1028,7 +1047,7 @@ function replaceCarets (comp, options) {
 
 function replaceCaret (comp, options) {
   debug('caret', comp, options)
-  var r = options.loose ? re[CARETLOOSE] : re[CARET]
+  var r = options.loose ? safeRe[CARETLOOSE] : safeRe[CARET]
   return comp.replace(r, function (_, M, m, p, pr) {
     debug('caret', comp, _, M, m, p, pr)
     var ret
@@ -1087,7 +1106,7 @@ function replaceXRanges (comp, options) {
 
 function replaceXRange (comp, options) {
   comp = comp.trim()
-  var r = options.loose ? re[XRANGELOOSE] : re[XRANGE]
+  var r = options.loose ? safeRe[XRANGELOOSE] : safeRe[XRANGE]
   return comp.replace(r, function (ret, gtlt, M, m, p, pr) {
     debug('xRange', comp, ret, gtlt, M, m, p, pr)
     var xM = isX(M)
@@ -1157,10 +1176,10 @@ function replaceXRange (comp, options) {
 function replaceStars (comp, options) {
   debug('replaceStars', comp, options)
   // Looseness is ignored here.  star is always as loose as it gets!
-  return comp.trim().replace(re[STAR], '')
+  return comp.trim().replace(safeRe[STAR], '')
 }
 
-// This function is passed to string.replace(re[HYPHENRANGE])
+// This function is passed to string.replace(safeRe[HYPHENRANGE])
 // M, m, patch, prerelease, build
 // 1.2 - 3.4.5 => >=1.2.0 <=3.4.5
 // 1.2.3 - 3.4 => >=1.2.0 <3.5.0 Any 3.4.x will do
@@ -1471,7 +1490,7 @@ function coerce (version) {
     return null
   }
 
-  var match = version.match(re[COERCE])
+  var match = version.match(safeRe[COERCE])
 
   if (match == null) {
     return null

test/re.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var test = require('tap').test
+var semver = require('../')
+
+test('has a list of src, re, and safeRe', function (t) {
+  semver.re.forEach(function (r) { return t.match(r, RegExp, 'regexps are regexps') })
+  semver.src.forEach(function (s) { return t.match(s, String, 'src is strings') })
+
+  semver.safeRe.forEach(function (r) {
+    t.notMatch(r.source, '\\s+', 'safe regex do not contain greedy whitespace')
+    t.notMatch(r.source, '\\s*', 'safe regex do not contain greedy whitespace')
+  })
+
+  t.end()
+})

test/whitespace.js

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+var test = require('tap').test
+var semver = require('../')
+
+var validRange = semver.validRange
+var SemVer = semver.SemVer
+var Range = semver.Range
+var Comparator = semver.Comparator
+var minVersion = semver.minVersion
+var minSatisfying = semver.minSatisfying
+var maxSatisfying = semver.maxSatisfying
+
+function s(n) {
+  return ' '.repeat(n || 500000)
+}
+
+test('regex dos via range whitespace', function (t) {
+  // a range with this much whitespace would take a few minutes to process if
+  // any redos susceptible regexes were used. there is a global tap timeout per
+  // file set in the package.json that will error if this test takes too long.
+  var r = `1.2.3 ${s()} <1.3.0`
+
+  t.equal(new Range(r).range, '1.2.3 <1.3.0')
+  t.equal(validRange(r), '1.2.3 <1.3.0')
+  t.equal(minVersion(r).version, '1.2.3')
+  t.equal(minSatisfying(['1.2.3'], r), '1.2.3')
+  t.equal(maxSatisfying(['1.2.3'], r), '1.2.3')
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('semver version', function (t) {
+  var v = `${s(125)}1.2.3${s(125)}`
+  var tooLong = `${s()}1.2.3${s()}`
+  t.equal(new SemVer(v).version, '1.2.3')
+  t.throws(function () { return new SemVer(tooLong) })
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('comparator', function (t) {
+  var c = `${s()}<${s()}1.2.3${s()}`
+  t.equal(new Comparator(c).value, '<1.2.3')
+  t.end()
+})