ws - Denial of Service
06/14/2018
Description
This module exploits a Denial of Service vulnerability in npm module "ws". By sending a specially crafted value of the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header on the initial WebSocket upgrade request, the ws component will crash.
Author(s)
- Ryan Knell, Sonatype Security Research
- Nick Starke, Sonatype Security Research
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/dos/http/ws_dos
msf auxiliary(ws_dos) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(ws_dos) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(ws_dos) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(ws_dos) > run 
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