Mosca REDoS Vulnerability · CVE-2018-11615 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Mosca REDoS Vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 31, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 16, 2023

Package

mosca (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.8.2

Patched versions

2.8.2

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to deny service on vulnerable installations of npm mosca 2.8.1. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of topics. A crafted regular expression can cause the broker to crash. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to deny access to the target system.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 31, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Sep 16, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H