Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs package, versions <10.14.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-NODEJS-1927799
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed28 Nov 2018

Introduced: 28 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-12122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 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:3.15 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.

CVSS Scores

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