#VU21762 Resource management error in Moment - CVE-2016-4055

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#VU21762 Resource management error in Moment - CVE-2016-4055

Published: October 14, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21762
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4055
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Moment
Software vendor:
Moment.js

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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