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GMS-2017-184: ReDoS via long UserAgent header

August 29, 2017

ua-parser is vulnerable to a ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) attack when given a specially crafted UserAgent header.

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Affected versions

All versions

Solution

Use an alternative parser, such as useragent.

Source file

npm/ua-parser/GMS-2017-184.yml

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