#VU87001 Incorrect Regular Expression in debug - CVE-2017-16137
Published: March 4, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87001
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16137
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
debug
debug
Software vendor:
Debug.js
Debug.js
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 can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
External links
- https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501
- https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534