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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-current | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade http-parser-develUpgrade http-parserUpgrade http-parser-debuginfo | Apr 27, 2020 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade http-parser | Apr 24, 2020 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade http-parser-develUpgrade http-parser-debuginfoUpgrade http-parser-debugsourceUpgrade http-parser | Aug 28, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade nodejs | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade node8Upgrade node6Upgrade nodeUpgrade node10 | Dec 10, 2018 | Dec 10, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-libs/nodejs. | Mar 23, 2020 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade http-parser | Jun 17, 2020 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade http-parser | Nov 19, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade http-parser | Nov 19, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/nodejs/nodejs-8 to version 8.17.0-11.4.21.0.1.69.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Jan 19, 2021 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade http-parser-develUpgrade http-parser | Jul 21, 2020 | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade http-parserUpgrade http-parser-debugsourceUpgrade http-parser-debuginfoUpgrade http-parser-devel | Aug 7, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade nodejs6-docsUpgrade firefox-gtk3-langUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade nodejs6-develUpgrade firefox-atk-langUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sledUpgrade firefox-libffi4Upgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-ximUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade nodejs6Upgrade firefox-glib2-toolsUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade firefox-libcairo-gobject2Upgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade firefox-libpango-1_0-0Upgrade npm8Upgrade libfirefox-glib-2_0-0Upgrade nodejs4-develUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailerUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-langUpgrade npm4Upgrade firefox-libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0Upgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade nodejs10Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-amharicUpgrade firefox-libgtk-3-0Upgrade nodejs8Upgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade firefox-libcairo2Upgrade firefox-libatk-1_0-0Upgrade firefox-gtk3-toolsUpgrade libfirefox-gio-2_0-0Upgrade nodejs8-develUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-query-loadersUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-multipressUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-inuktitutUpgrade firefox-gtk3-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-vietnameseUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade npm6Upgrade libfirefox-gobject-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-glib2-langUpgrade firefox-libharfbuzz0Upgrade nodejs4-docsUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade firefox-libffi7Upgrade firefox-gtk3-dataUpgrade nodejs10-docsUpgrade nodejs4Upgrade libfirefox-gthread-2_0-0Upgrade npm10Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodules-tigrignaUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-thaiUpgrade firefox-gio-branding-upstreamUpgrade nodejs8-docsUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade nodejs10-develUpgrade libfirefox-gmodule-2_0-0 | Jan 31, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 28, 2018 |
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