vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7161): nodejs vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 13, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 13, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
All versions of Node.js 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to crash. This can be accomplished by interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggers a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available. This has been addressed by updating the http2 implementation.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-nodejs
References
- CVE-2018-7161
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-7161
- CWE-20
- URL-https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/
- URL-https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/#denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-http-2-cve-2018-7161
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7161
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