SB2019022508 - Resource exhaustion in nodejs-current (Alpine package)
Published: February 25, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019022508
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5737)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of keep-alive packets. A remote attacker can send keep-alive packets very slowly and trigger resource exhaustion.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=86317da5622f4bbbcda0c78043d513b90bb64a69
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=578c97338a5cc6615df123d2759ef349dbf88c2c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=75cc679dead3d9b8aebb82a11c1f81a4eaaab853
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7149c919df587e3f9125fdac8bc2ccd4952027e3
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bd2573712de1614fdb052e833bc6ab037c54997b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ef901440524286c30fa8a9bc9d3cef3f36339d9f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8cdc1514a48e59f1229d3c5f3cf136dc0eabfe16