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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7161): nodejs vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7161): nodejs vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/13/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-nodejs

References

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