Improper Input Validation Affecting nodejs package, versions <6.11.5-r0
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- published23 May 2024
- disclosed30 Oct 2017
Introduced: 30 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-14919 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 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:3.20 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.