Resource exhaustion in nodejs (Alpine package)



Published: 2015-10-13
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-7384
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		nodejs (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU33284

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7384

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Node.js 4.0.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nodejs (Alpine package): 4.1.1-r0

CPE2.3 External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a771c6d2ed6375e2018fd98a87b07e3f7193f6b4


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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