VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5739
The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.93%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.93% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Affected
- nodejs/node.js · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve-request@iojs.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0008/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0008/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.