CVE-2017-16137
published 2018-06-07CVE-2017-16137: The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters…
PriorityP425medium5.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL
EPSS
2.80%
84.9th percentile
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | node-debug | < node-debug 3.1.0-1 (bookworm) | node-debug 3.1.0-1 (bookworm) |
| debug_project | debug | >= 0 < 2.6.9 | 2.6.9 |
| debug_project | debug | >= 2.0.0 < 2.6.9 | 2.6.9 |
| debug_project | debug | >= 3.0.0 < 3.1.0 | 3.1.0 |
| debug_project | debug | >= 3.0.0 < 3.1.0 | 3.1.0 |
| debug_project | debug | >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.7 | 3.2.7 |
| debug_project | debug | >= 4.0.0 < 4.3.1 | 4.3.1 |
| hackerone | debug_node_module | <= 2.6.8 || >= 3.0.0 <= 3.0.1 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.3LOW
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
ghsa·2018-08-09
CVE-2017-16137 [LOW] CWE-400 Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
Affected versions of `debug` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the `o` formatter.
As it takes 50,000 characters to block the event loop for 2 seconds, this issue is a low severity issue.
This was later re-introduced in version v3.2.0, and then repatched in versions 3.2.7 and 4.3.1.
## Recommendation
Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.6.9 or later.
Version 3.1.x: Update to version 3.1.0 or later.
Version 3.2.x: Update to version 3.2.7 or later.
Version 4.x.x: Update to version 4.3.1 or later.
OSV
Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
osv·2018-08-09
CVE-2017-16137 [LOW] Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
Affected versions of `debug` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the `o` formatter.
As it takes 50,000 characters to block the event loop for 2 seconds, this issue is a low severity issue.
This was later re-introduced in version v3.2.0, and then repatched in versions 3.2.7 and 4.3.1.
## Recommendation
Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.6.9 or later.
Version 3.1.x: Update to version 3.1.0 or later.
Version 3.2.x: Update to version 3.2.7 or later.
Version 4.x.x: Update to version 4.3.1 or later.
OSV
CVE-2017-16137: The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter
osv·2018-06-07·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2017-16137 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-16137: The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Red Hat
nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service
vendor_redhat·2017-09-05·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2017-16137 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service
nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Statement: This issue affects the versions of rh-nodejs4-nodejs-debug, rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debug, and rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debug as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 EUS includes a vulnerable version of nodejs-debug as a part of the ovirt-engi
Debian
CVE-2017-16137: node-debug - The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untr...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2017-16137 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-16137: node-debug - The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untr...
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.1.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.1.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.1.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.1.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.1.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16137 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-10-11·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2017-16137 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-16137 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-16137 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported version
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16137 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service
bugzilla·2017-10-11·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2017-16137 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-16137 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service
CVE-2017-16137 nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Upstream issue:
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501
Upstream pull request:
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504
Discussion:
Created nodejs-debug tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1500706]
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Created nodejs-debug tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: openshift-1 [bug 1516740]
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debug formatters.o method not used in RHMAP. Marking as not affected.
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Statement:
This issue affects the versions of rh-nodejs4-nodejs-debug, rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debug, and rh-
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3Ehttps://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3Ehttps://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534
2018-06-07
Published