GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87

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    GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87

    Published: 24 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: ReDoS via long UserAgent header in ua-parser

    Details: Affected versions of `ua-parser` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when given a specially crafted `User-Agent` header. ## Recommendation No patch is currently available for this vulnerability. The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different, functionally equivalent package such as [useragent](https://www.npmjs.com/package/useragent).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16086, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmg9-p9r2-6q87, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/316

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ua-parser

    Purl: pkg:npm/ua-parser

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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