CVE-2016-2515

7.5 HIGH
Published: April 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.3%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

hawk_project