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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

ReDoS via long UserAgent header in ua-parser

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High severitynpmua-parser

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Description

Affected versions of ua-parser are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when given a specially crafted User-Agent header.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • <= 0.3.5

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