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CVE-2015-8854

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Date: January 23, 2017

The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "catastrophic backtracking issue for the em inline rule," aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

Language: Java

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Related Resources (15)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05052081?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
https://github.com/chjj/marked/issues/497
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjcp-j389-59ff
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO2RMVVZVV6NFTU46B5RYRK7ZCXYARZS
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8854
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/23
https://github.com/chjj/marked
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/23
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6BJG6RGDH7ZWVVAUFBFI5L32RSMQN2S/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8854

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CWE-1333

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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