CVE-2018-7162

Summary

CVECVE-2018-7162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-13 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-16 13:00:00 UTC
DescriptionAll versions of Node.js 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 process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Node.js CVE-2018-7162 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
June 2018 Security Releases | Node.js CONFIRM nodejs.org Vendor Advisory
Node.js: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-48) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900064 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for nodejs 8.11.4
  • 903027 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (4291)
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