CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8315

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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).'

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to overload the server, leading to performance degradation or complete service interruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the ms package to version 0.7.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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)."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS