CVE-2018-13863

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-02-27
CWE:
CWE-185->CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1550772: CVE-2018-13863 nodejs-bson: Regular expression denial of service in decimal128.js

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.

Find out more about CVE-2018-13863 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 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
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-nodejs6-nodejs-bson Affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs8-nodejs-bson Affected
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 nodejs-bson Will not fix

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