CVE-2016-2515: Regular Expression Denial of Service

April 13, 2016 (updated April 20, 2016)

Specifically crafted long headers or uris can cause a minor denial of service.

References

github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168
www.owasp.org/index.php/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS

Code Behaviors & Features

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