SB2018112920 - Improper input validation in nodejs (Alpine package)
Published: November 29, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018112920
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12116)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-provided input. A remote attacker can provide Unicode data for the path option of an HTTP request to trigger a second, unexpected, and user-defined HTTP request to made to the same server and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.