Information Exposure Affecting nodejs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NODEJS-312763
  • published7 Jul 2017
  • disclosed7 Jul 2017

Introduced: 7 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-1000381  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 nodejs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The c-ares function ares_parse_naptr_reply(), which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was crafted in a particular way.

CVSS Scores

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