What is GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87?

GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. ReDoS via long UserAgent header in ua-parser

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87 cover?

GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-16086. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87?

GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87 affects 1 product, including: npm/ua-parser:\u003c= 0.3.5.

GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87High

ReDoS via long UserAgent header in ua-parser

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 24, 2018

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-16086 →

📋 Description

Affected versions of ua-parser are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when given a specially crafted User-Agent header.

Recommendation

No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.

The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different, functionally equivalent package such as useragent.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/ua-parser:<= 0.3.5

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16086
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/316