Description
Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/commit/0833f99ba64558525995a7e21d4093da1f3e15faPatch
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168Patch
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/commit/0833f99ba64558525995a7e21d4093da1f3e15faPatch
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168Patch
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 13, 2016
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified