The semver package before 4.3.2 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31 Patch Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-01-24T10:57:01

Reserved: 2016-04-20T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2015-8855

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:00.503

Modified: 2017-01-26T19:33:44.240


Link: CVE-2015-8855

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