CVE-2017-15010 Regular Expression Denial of Service in tough-cookie
An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption in applications using the tough-cookie module by sending specially crafted cookies.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-15010?
CVE-2017-15010 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the tough-cookie module before 2.3.3 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to make an HTTP request using a specially crafted cookie may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15010?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including tough-cookie. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
tough-cookie npm | All versions | 2.3.3 |
tough-cookie npm | All versions | 2.3.3 |
Linux distribution packages (2)
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-1.el6 |
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-1.el7 |
Products include Salesforce Tough-Cookie.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15010?
Upgrade tough-cookie to 2.3.3 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-15010 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15010 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as CLSA-2026-1792164172, CVE-2017-16112, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15010, GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp, RHSA-2017:2913, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15010.