CVE-2016-2515 Regular Expression Denial of Service in hawk
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 3.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npm hawk(npm) | < 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 |
| npm hawk(npm) | >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1 | 4.1.1 |
| hawk project hawk | = 3.1.2 | No fix listed |
| hawk project hawk | = 4.1.0 | No fix listed |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory
- github.com patch
- github.com
- www.npmjs.com
- github.com patch
- bugzilla.redhat.com
- [oss-security] 20160219 CVE for nodejs hawk mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160220 Re: CVE for nodejs hawk mailing-list
- nodesecurity.io