CVE-2015-8854

The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-01-23 21:59

Updated : 2020-05-31 06:15

NVD link : CVE-2015-8854

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8854

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nodejs

node.js

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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