Resource exhaustion in Node.js - CVE-2015-7384
Published: October 10, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33284
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2015-7384
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Node.js 4.0.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Node.js
nodejs (Alpine package)
nodejs (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-7384
Install update from vendor's website.
Node.js - update to 4.1.0
nodejs (Alpine package) - update to 4.1.2-r0
nodejs (Alpine package) - update to 4.1.2-r0