Multiple vulnerabilities in Undici for Node.js

Published: 2024-02-22

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-24750 CVE-2024-24758
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-200
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	undici Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)
Vendor	Node.js

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86710

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-2024-24750

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when fetching external URLs. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

undici: 6.0.0 - 6.6.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-9f24-jqhm-jfcw
https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/87a48113f1f68f60aa09abb07276d7c35467c663

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU86709

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24758

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure