Resource exhaustion in Sequelize - #VU24730
Published: January 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24730
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the "afterResults" function for the SQLite dialect fails to catch a "TypeError" exception for the "results" variable. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Sequelize
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sequelize - update to 5.0.0