Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-2515
Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2016-2515
- cpe:2.3:a:hawk_project:hawk:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:hawk_project:hawk:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-2515
3.16%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 86 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-2515
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
|
6.9
|
NIST | |
|
7.5
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2016-2515
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2016-2515
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https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77
npm
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1
oss-security - CVE for nodejs hawk
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https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168
Long headers or uris can cause minor DoS · Issue #168 · hapijs/hawk · GitHubPatch
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2
oss-security - Re: CVE for nodejs hawk
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721
1309721 – (CVE-2016-2515) CVE-2016-2515 nodejs-hawk: Long headers or URIs can cause minor DoS
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https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/commit/0833f99ba64558525995a7e21d4093da1f3e15fa
Fix minor DoS attack on long headers or uris. Closes #168 · hapijs/hawk@0833f99 · GitHubPatch
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