SB2013101806 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for libuv, nodejs
Published: October 18, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013101806
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4450)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The HTTP server in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.21 and 0.8.x before 0.8.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by sending a large number of pipelined requests without reading the response.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.