CVE - CVE-2018-20164

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20164	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An issue was discovered in regex.yaml (aka regexes.yaml) in UA-Parser UAP-Core before 0.6.0. A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue allows remote attackers to overload a server by setting the User-Agent header in an HTTP(S) request to a value containing a long digit string. (The UAP-Core project contains the vulnerability, propagating to all implementations.)
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/commit/010ccdc7303546cd22b9da687c29f4a996990014 MISC:https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/commit/156f7e12b215bddbaf3df4514c399d683e6cdadc MISC:https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/issues/332 MISC:https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-009-uaparser/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181215	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181215)
Votes (Legacy)

Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
This is an record on the CVE List, which provides common identifiers for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Search CVE Using Keywords: You can also search by reference using the CVE Reference Maps.
For More Information: CVE Request Web Form (select "Other" from dropdown)