Incorrect Regular Expression in Tough-cookie - CVE-2017-15010
Published: February 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103635
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15010
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Salesforce
Affected software:
Tough-cookie
Tough-cookie
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker that is able to make an HTTP request using a specially crafted cookie may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15010
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101185
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2913
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264
- https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/issues/92
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VEBDTGNHVM677SLZDEHMWOP3ISMZSFT/
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/525
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:tough-cookie:20170905