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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5737: CVE-2019-5737 nodejs: Insufficient Slowloris fix causing DoS via server.headersTimeout bypass (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5737: CVE-2019-5737 nodejs: Insufficient Slowloris fix causing DoS via server.headersTimeout bypass (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/28/2019
Created
01/25/2021
Added
01/25/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

In Node.js including 6.x before 6.17.0, 8.x before 8.15.1, 10.x before 10.15.2, and 11.x before 11.10.1, an attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by establishing an HTTP or HTTPS connection in keep-alive mode and by sending headers very slowly. This keeps the connection and associated resources alive for a long period of time. Potential attacks are mitigated by the use of a load balancer or other proxy layer. This vulnerability is an extension of CVE-2018-12121, addressed in November and impacts all active Node.js release lines including 6.x before 6.17.0, 8.x before 8.15.1, 10.x before 10.15.2, and 11.x before 11.10.1.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-devel-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-docs
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-nodemon
  • redhat-upgrade-nodejs-packaging
  • redhat-upgrade-npm

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