Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Affecting body-parser package, versions <1.20.3
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 Sept 2024
- disclosed10 Sept 2024
- creditAdam Korcz
Introduced: 10 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-45590 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade body-parser to version 1.20.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) via the extendedparser and urlencoded functions when the URL encoding process is enabled. An attacker can flood the server with a large number of specially crafted requests.