Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NODEJSDEVEL-7293041
  • published20 Jun 2024
  • disclosed21 Mar 2024

Introduced: 21 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.

CVSS Scores

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