UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16137

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16137
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16137.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16137
Upstream
Published
2018-06-07T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:29Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / node-debug

Package

Name
node-debug
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-debug@2.1.0+dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-debug",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}