Description
Useragent is used to parse useragent headers. It uses several regular expressions to accomplish this. An attacker could edit their own headers, creating an arbitrarily long useragent string, causing the event loop and server to block. This affects Useragent 2.1.12 and earlier.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-0302 | Useragent is used to parse useragent headers. It uses several regular expressions to accomplish this. An attacker could edit their own headers, creating an arbitrarily long useragent string, causing the event loop and server to block. This affects Useragent 2.1.12 and earlier. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-pjmx-9xr3-82qr | ReDoS via long UserAgent header in useragent |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:41:28.696Z
Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-16030
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-04T19:29:01.677
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:41.650
Link: CVE-2017-16030
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Github GHSA