CVE-2015-8315
high
CVSS v3
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The ms package before 0.7.1 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ms | <0.7.1 | 0.7.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vercel | ms | {"endExcluding":"0.7.1"} | 0.7.1 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8315
- https://github.com/unshiftio/millisecond
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227190911/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8315
CWEs
CWE-1333
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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.