Resource exhaustion in Node.js - CVE-2018-7164
Published: June 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13378
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7164
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. A remote attacker can send tiny chunks of data in short succession, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the server to crash.
Affected software
Node.js
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7164
Update to version 10.4.1.
Node.js - update to 10.4.1