High severity · published Mar 28, 2019
CVE-2019-5739
Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier
7.5
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.
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)4.9% · higher than 92% 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
through 6.16.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5739
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5739
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.html
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0008/
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