Resource exhaustion in Node.js - CVE-2019-5737
Published: March 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26284
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5737
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Node.js
Node.js
Software vendor:
Node.js Foundation
Node.js Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of keep-alive packets. A remote attacker can send keep-alive packets very slowly and trigger resource exhaustion.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00059.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0008/