Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting nodejs package, versions <10.15.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-NODEJS-545495
  • published1 Mar 2019
  • disclosed28 Mar 2019

Introduced: 1 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-5737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 nodejs to version 10.15.3-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:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Node.js including 6.x before 6.17.0, 8.x before 8.15.1, 10.x before 10.15.2, and 11.x before 11.10.1, an attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by establishing an HTTP or HTTPS connection in keep-alive mode and by sending headers very slowly. This keeps the connection and associated resources alive for a long period of time. Potential attacks are mitigated by the use of a load balancer or other proxy layer. This vulnerability is an extension of CVE-2018-12121, addressed in November and impacts all active Node.js release lines including 6.x before 6.17.0, 8.x before 8.15.1, 10.x before 10.15.2, and 11.x before 11.10.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1