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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-12121: Moderate: http-parser security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-12121: Moderate: http-parser security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/28/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers: By using a combination of many requests with maximum sized headers (almost 80 KB per connection), and carefully timed completion of the headers, it is possible to cause the HTTP server to abort from heap allocation failure. Attack potential is mitigated by the use of a load balancer or other proxy layer.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-http-parser
  • centos-upgrade-http-parser-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-http-parser-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-http-parser-devel

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