CVE-2017-16136

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-09-27
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1500711: CVE-2017-16136 nodejs-method-override: Regular expression Denial of Service

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16136 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 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 fh-ngui Not affected

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