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Vulnerability_idVCID-a8xu-5hwh-t3cz
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the `X-Forwarded-For` header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
Aliases
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alias CVE-2017-16118
Fixed_packages
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url pkg:npm/forwarded@0.1.2
purl pkg:npm/forwarded@0.1.2
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:npm/forwarded@0.1.2
Affected_packages
References
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reference_url http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427
reference_id
reference_type
scores
url http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427
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reference_url https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16118
reference_id CVE-2017-16118
reference_type
scores
url https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16118
Weaknesses
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cwe_id 1035
name OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
description Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017.
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cwe_id 400
name Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
description The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
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cwe_id 937
name OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
description Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013.
Exploits
Severity_range_scorenull
Exploitabilitynull
Weighted_severitynull
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-a8xu-5hwh-t3cz