CVE-2015-8855

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-04-03
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1209496: CVE-2015-8855 nodejs-semver: npm Regular Expression Denial of Service during package versions parsing
A denial of service flaw was found in the way semver, the semantic version comparison library for Node.js, parsed certain package versions. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted version string that, when processed, would lead to excessive CPU consumption.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8855 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux nodejs010-nodejs-semver Will not fix

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