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CVE-2015-8855GHSA-X6FG-F45M-JF5Q

The semver package before 4.3.2 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a

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Fix
Fixed in 4.3.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The semver package before 4.3.2 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • semvernpm

    From 1.0.4 · fixed in 4.3.2

References 3

securityfocus.com

nodesecurity.io

openwall.com