PT-2018-6115 · Ua Parser · Ua-Parser

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16086

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ua-parser (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) attack. When given a specially crafted User-Agent header, ua-parser is vulnerable to this type of attack.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16086

GHSA-PMG9-P9R2-6Q87

Affected Products

Ua-Parser

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/ua_parser_js_redos.rb · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16086 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16086 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/316 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/316 · Note