CVE-2017-16118

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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:forwarded_project:forwarded:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-06-07 02:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30


NVD link : CVE-2017-16118

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16118

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16118


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Products Affected

forwarded_project

  • forwarded
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption