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GHSA-WQG7-VRJ7-V82H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-08-31 06:22 – Updated: 2023-09-07 22:27

Summary

Mosca REDoS Vulnerability

Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to deny service on vulnerable installations of npm mosca 2.8.1. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of topics. A crafted regular expression can cause the broker to crash. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to deny access to the target system.

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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      },
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "2.8.2"
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          ],
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  ],
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  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-wqg7-vrj7-v82h",
  "modified": "2023-09-07T22:27:31Z",
  "published": "2018-08-31T06:22:50Z",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Mosca REDoS Vulnerability"
}

CVE-2018-11615 (GCVE-0-2018-11615)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-30 12:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:17

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

zdi

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-583	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
npm	npm mosca	Affected: 2.8.1

Date Public

2018-06-13 00:00

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GHSA-WQG7-VRJ7-V82H

CVE-2018-11615 (GCVE-0-2018-11615)

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