| Name | CVE-2017-16137 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-debug (PTS) | jessie | 2.1.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.5.1-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.1.0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.3.1+~cs4.1.5-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-debug | source | (unstable) | 3.1.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534
nodejs not covered by security support