Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs package, versions <10.15.0~dfsg-6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-NODEJS-5690623
  • published13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed13 Jun 2018

Introduced: 13 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-7164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 nodejs to version 10.15.0~dfsg-6 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour.

CVSS Scores

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