CVE-2016-4055

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4055
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-23 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Momentjs Moment All All All All
Application Moment Project Moment All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera Unifier All All All All
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CPU July 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - various vulnerabilities in Node.js packages MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
[R1] Nessus 8.3.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® CONFIRM www.tenable.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Node Security Platform | Advisory CONFIRM nodesecurity.io Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Moment.js CVE-2016-4055 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730435 Update TITLE manually (JRASERVER-73244)
  • 730444 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability (JRASERVER-73244)
  • 981210 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for moment (GHSA-87vv-r9j6-g5qv)
  • 983493 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for moment (GHSA-hxf5-mg84-pj4m)
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