Vigil@nce - Node.js useragent: denial of service via the HTTP header User-Agent
June 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an endless loop in Node.js useragent via
the User-Agent HTTP request header, in order to trigger a denial
of service.
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 18/04/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an endless loop in Node.js useragent via
the User-Agent HTTP request header, in order to trigger a denial
of service.
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