UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16138
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138
Upstream
Published
2018-06-07T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The mime module < 1.4.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when a mime lookup is performed on untrusted user input.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / node-mime

Package

Name
node-mime
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-mime@1.2.11-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.5-1
1.2.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.11-1",
            "binary_name": "node-mime"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / node-mime

Package

Name
node-mime
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-mime@1.3.4-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1",
            "binary_name": "node-mime"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / node-mime

Package

Name
node-mime
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-mime@1.3.4-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1",
            "binary_name": "node-mime"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16138.json"