UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4055

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4055

    Published: 23 Jan 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4055
    Aliases:
    USN-4786-1

    Summary:

    Details: The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4055, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4055, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4786-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-moment

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.11.0+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.10.6+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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