SB2017012304 - Regular expression denial of service in Moment component for Node.js
Published: January 23, 2017 Updated: October 14, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017012304
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4055)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the "moment.duration()" function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and cause regular expression denial of service via a long string.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.