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CVE-2015-8855

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)."

Published

2017-01-23T21:59:00.503

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	nodejs	node.js	≤ 4.3.1	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)