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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8855
The semver package before 4.3.2 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The semver package before 4.3.2 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)."
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
node-semver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.0-1"}]}]
Debian:13
node-semver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.0-1"}]}]
Debian:14
node-semver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.0-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org