CVE-2017-18077

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-03-02
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1448380: CVE-2017-18077 nodejs-brace-expansion: Regular expression denial-of-service

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

index.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks, as demonstrated by an expand argument containing many comma characters.

Find out more about CVE-2017-18077 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 Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs8-nodejs-brace-expansion Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs6-nodejs-brace-expansion Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs8-nodejs Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs4-nodejs-brace-expansion Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs-brace-expansion Will not fix
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 fh-aaa Will not fix

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