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ghsa-x6fg-f45m-jf5q

Vulnerability from github

Published

2017-10-24 18:33

Modified

2021-09-21 22:15

Severity ?

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

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

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        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "semver"
      },
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            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.3.2"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
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  ],
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    "CVE-2015-8855"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:02:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-x6fg-f45m-jf5q",
  "modified": "2021-09-21T22:15:35Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8855"
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

cve-2015-8855

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-01-23 21:00

Modified

2024-08-06 08:29

Severity ?

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
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86957	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

n/a

Version: n/a

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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