vulnerability

FreeBSD: VID-d7d1cc94-b971-11e7-af3a-f1035dd0da62 (CVE-2017-14919): Node.js -- remote DOS security vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 25, 2017
Added
Oct 26, 2017
Modified
Dec 10, 2025

Description

Node.js reports: Node.js was susceptible to a remote DoS attack due to a change that came in as part of zlib v1.2.9. In zlib v1.2.9 8 became an invalid value for the windowBits parameter and Node's zlib module will crash or throw an exception (depending on the version)

Solutions

freebsd-upgrade-package-nodefreebsd-upgrade-package-node6freebsd-upgrade-package-node4
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