High severity · published Mar 28, 2019
CVE-2019-5737
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…
7.5
CVSS
16.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)16.2% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.3 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
6.0.0 before 6.17.0; 8.0.0 before 8.15.1; 10.0.0 before 10.15.2; 11.0.0 before 11.10.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5737
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5737
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00059.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
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