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CVE-2015-8855 (GCVE-0-2015-8855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29

Summary

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)."

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2015-04-03 00:00

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CNVD-2016-02533

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2016-04-26

Title

Joyent Node.js semver拒绝服务漏洞

Description

Joyent Node.js是美一套建立在Google V8 JavaScript引擎之上的网络应用平台。semver是一个npm中的语意化版本控制规范模块。 Joyent Node.js semver存在拒绝服务漏洞，由于程序未能正确解析较长的版本字符串，允许远程攻击者可提交特殊的正则表达式进行拒绝服务攻击。

Severity

中

Patch Name

Joyent Node.js semver拒绝服务漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

用户可参考如下厂商提供的安全补丁以修复该漏洞： https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31

Reference

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31

Impacted products

Name
Joyent Node.js <4.3.2

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FKIE_CVE-2015-8855

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-23 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

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

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	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

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	nodejs	node.js	*

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GHSA-X6FG-F45M-JF5Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2026-03-03 20:03

Summary

Regular Expression Denial of Service in semver

Details

Versions 4.3.1 and earlier of semver are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when extremely long version strings are parsed.

Recommendation

Update to version 4.3.2 or later

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:02:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-01-23T21:59:00Z",
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  "modified": "2026-03-03T20:03:27Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
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}

GSD-2015-8855

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

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)."

Aliases

CVE-2015-8855

Aliases

CVE-2015-8855

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ubuntu-cve-2015-8855

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-01-23 21:59

Modified

2025-07-18 16:43

Summary

Details

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)."

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8855	REPORT
	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/semver_redos	REPORT
	https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.7.5	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8855	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4776-1	ADVISORY

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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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Sightings

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CVE-2015-8855 (GCVE-0-2015-8855)

CNVD-2016-02533

FKIE_CVE-2015-8855

GHSA-X6FG-F45M-JF5Q

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GSD-2015-8855

ubuntu-cve-2015-8855

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