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
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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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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:00.503
Modified: 2017-01-26T19:33:44.240
Link: CVE-2015-8855
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE