CVE-2017-15010
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the tough-cookie module before 2.3.3 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to make an HTTP request using a specially crafted cookie may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.3.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.3.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.3.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.3.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.3.4+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | tough-cookie | <2.3.3 | 2.3.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| salesforce | tough-cookie | {"endIncluding":"2.3.2"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101185
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2913
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264
- https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/issues/92
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VEBDTGNHVM677SLZDEHMWOP3ISMZSFT/
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/525
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:tough-cookie:20170905
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15010.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15010
- https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/f1ed420a6a92ea7a5418df6e39e676556bc0c71d
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp
- https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VEBDTGNHVM677SLZDEHMWOP3ISMZSFT
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/525
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15010
CWEs
CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.