Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs package, versions <10.14.0-r0
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1.01% (84th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE310-NODEJS-454572
- published 2 Dec 2018
- disclosed 28 Nov 2018
Introduced: 28 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-12122 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.10 nodejs to version 10.14.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time.
References
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12122
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12122
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106043
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-12122
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