Improper Input Validation Affecting nodejs package, versions <6.11.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.13% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-NODEJS-1927448
  • published30 Oct 2017
  • disclosed30 Oct 2017

Introduced: 30 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-14919  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 nodejs to version 6.11.5-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:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

Node.js before 4.8.5, 6.x before 6.11.5, and 8.x before 8.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught exception and crash) by leveraging a change in the zlib module 1.2.9 making 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter.