SB2018112816 - Resource exhaustion in nodejs-current (Alpine package)
Published: November 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018112816
Severity
Low
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12122)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the socket is destroyed on the next received chunk when headers are not completely received within this period. A remote attacker can send headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time, consume excessive resources and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bd2573712de1614fdb052e833bc6ab037c54997b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ef901440524286c30fa8a9bc9d3cef3f36339d9f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8cdc1514a48e59f1229d3c5f3cf136dc0eabfe16
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1b6fe87123809adb71d7a3a11c0633972d70beed
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d30e50323c5f1784719c4be7a9c21388b2ac6dcb
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9506edbe44db07fc65aab5d444e7e02ca3767187