DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16137

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16137
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16137.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16137
Upstream
Published
2018-06-07T02:29:03Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:03:42Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / node-debug

Package

Name
node-debug
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-debug?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / node-debug

Package

Name
node-debug
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-debug?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / node-debug

Package

Name
node-debug
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-debug?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / node-debug

Package

Name
node-debug
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-debug?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}