Input validation error in node-ecstatic - CVE-2015-9242

 

Input validation error in node-ecstatic - CVE-2015-9242

Published: March 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87793
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9242
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to certain input strings when passed to new Date() or Date.parse() will cause v8 to raise an exception. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

node-ecstatic
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace

How to mitigate CVE-2015-9242

Install updates from vendor's website.

node-ecstatic - update to 1.4.0
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - update to 2.0.94

External References

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