#VU26292 Resource management error in Node.js - CVE-2019-5739
Published: March 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26292
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-5739
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Node.js
Node.js
Software vendor:
Node.js Foundation
Node.js Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a very long keep-alive window of 2 minutes that Node.js uses by default for every HTTP and HTTPS connection. A remote attacker can create a bige amount of keep-alive connections and consume all available resources on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.