CVE-2017-16111: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

June 7, 2018 (updated October 9, 2019)

The content module is a module to parse HTTP Content-* headers. It is used by the hapijs framework to provide this functionality. The module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when passed a specifically crafted Content-Type or Content-Disposition header.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16111

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