Denial of service in Axios NPM package

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU49252

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10742

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

axios: 0.1.0 - 0.18.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:npm:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:npm:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:npm:*:*

External links

https://app.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-AXIOS-174505
https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/1098
https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/1485

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.