Vigil@nce - Node.js underscore.string: denial of service via Regular Expression
February 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 12/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can generate a fatal error via Regular Expression of
Node.js underscore.string, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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