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CVE-2018-3737 (GCVE-0-2018-3737)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:42
VLAI
Summary
sshpk is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid public keys.
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
References
URL Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/319593 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne sshpk node module Affected: Versions up to and including 1.13.1
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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