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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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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Solution
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:41:28.696Z
Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00
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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EUVD
Github GHSA