CVE-2020-8277

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8277
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-19 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
DescriptionA Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of Service in versions < 15.2.1, < 14.15.1, and < 12.19.1 by getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses. This is fixed in 15.2.1, 14.15.1, and 12.19.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application C-ares Project C-ares All All All All
Application C-ares Project C-ares All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Oracle Blockchain Platform All All All All
Application Oracle Graalvm 19.3.4 All All All
Application Oracle Graalvm 20.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Graalvm 19.3.4 All All All
Application Oracle Graalvm 20.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Jd Edwards Enterpriseone Tools All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Cluster All All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 16.0.6 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 17.0.4 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 18.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 19.0.2 All All All

References

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[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-c-ares-1.17.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: c-ares-1.17.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-c-ares-1.17.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: c-ares-1.17.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-c-ares-1.17.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: c-ares-1.17.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
c-ares: Denial of service (GLSA 202012-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-c-ares-1.17.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
NodeJS: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: c-ares-1.17.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
November 2020 Security Releases | Node.js CONFIRM nodejs.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376120 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM), Application Security Manager (ASM) Node.js Vulnerability (K07944249)
  • 377388 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0016)
  • 500438 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 501445 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 501638 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs-current
  • 504201 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 670384 EulerOS Security Update for c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2021-1941)
  • 670405 EulerOS Security Update for c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2021-1920)
  • 690151 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mysql (56ba4513-a1be-11eb-9072-d4c9ef517024)
  • 690355 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for node.js (ad792169-2aa4-11eb-ab71-0022489ad614)
  • 750430 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs14 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0066-1)
  • 750432 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs12 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0064-1)
  • 750539 OpenSUSE Security Update for c-ares (openSUSE-SU-2020:2092-1)
  • 750553 OpenSUSE Security Update for c-ares (openSUSE-SU-2020:2045-1)
  • 900131 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for subversion 1.14.0
  • 900132 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for c-ares 1.14.0
  • 902831 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for c-ares (3922)
  • 908064 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-gevent (32281-1)
  • 940254 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALSA-2021:0551)
  • 940276 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:12 (ALSA-2020:5499)
  • 960263 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:12 (RLSA-2020:5499)
  • 960749 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (RLSA-2021:0551)
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