CVE-2015-8854 Information

Description

The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a \catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule\ aka a \regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).\

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/ https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5