Vulnerability CVE-2015-8855

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-8855 (CCN-112562)

Assigned:

2015-04-04

Published:

2015-04-04

Updated:

2017-01-26

Summary:

The semver package before 4.3.2 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)."

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
5.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-399

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-8855

Source: CCN
Type: Node.js Web site
Node.js

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:16:24 -0400 (EDT)
various vulnerabilities in Node.js packages

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1982852 (SDK for Node.js)
Current Releases of IBM SDK for Node.js are affected by CVE-2015-8855

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1983514 (SDK for Node.js for Bluemix)
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL and ReDoS vulnerability in semver module affect IBM SDK for Node.js in IBM Bluemix (CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2015-8855)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20160420 various vulnerabilities in Node.js packages

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
86957

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nodejs-cve20158855-dos(112562)

Source: CCN
Type: Node Security Web site
Regular Expression Denial of Service

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/31

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 4.3.1)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201588550000000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158855000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20158855000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201588550000000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20158855000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158855000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201588550000000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20158855000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201588550000000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-23
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20158855000	V	CVE-2015-8855 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-01-23

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