CVE-2017-16030

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-04-15
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1588890: CVE-2017-16030 nodejs-useragent: Regular expression Denial-of-Service via long UserAgent header

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Useragent is used to parse useragent headers. It uses several regular expressions to accomplish this. An attacker could edit their own headers, creating an arbitrarily long useragent string, causing the event loop and server to block. This affects Useragent 2.1.12 and earlier.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16030 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 fh-mbaas Under investigation
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 fh-metrics Under investigation
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 fh-supercore Under investigation
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 fh-messaging Under investigation

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