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CVE-2016-2515
Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/commit/0833f99ba64558525995a7e21d4093da1f3e15fa
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2
Affected Vendor
hawk project
View all reports →Affected Software
hawk
Vulnerable Versions:
3.1.2, 4.1.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 13th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.