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GHSA-MPCF-4GMH-23W8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-07-24 20:16 – Updated: 2023-09-11 22:05

Summary

Regular Expression Denial of Service in forwarded

Details

Affected versions of forwarded are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when parsing specially crafted user input.

Recommendation

Update to version 0.1.2 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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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "forwarded"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "0.1.2"
            }
          ],
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        }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16118"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:46:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Affected versions of `forwarded` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when parsing specially crafted user input.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 0.1.2 or later",
  "id": "GHSA-mpcf-4gmh-23w8",
  "modified": "2023-09-11T22:05:14Z",
  "published": "2018-07-24T20:16:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16118"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpcf-4gmh-23w8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/527"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427"
    }
  ],
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in forwarded"
}

CVE-2017-16118 (GCVE-0-2017-16118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:06

Summary

The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-400 - Denial of Service (CWE-400)

Assigner

hackerone

References

URL

Tags

	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HackerOne	forwarded node module	Affected: < 0.1.2

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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