QID 983857

QID 983857: Nodejs (npm) Security Update for uws (GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg)

Affected versions of `uws` do not properly handle large websocket messages when `permessage-deflate` is enabled, which may result in a denial of service condition. If `uws` recieves a 256Mb websocket message when `permessage-deflate` is enabled, the server will compress the message prior to executing the length check, and subsequently extract the message prior to processing. This can result in a situation where an excessively large websocket message passes the length checks, yet still gets cast from a Buffer to a string, which will exceed v8's maximum string size and crash the process. ## Recommendation Update to version 0.10.9 or later. Alternatively, disable `permessage-deflate`.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted user.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.9 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer to GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.

Vendor References

GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg - github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg

CVEs related to QID 983857

CVE-2016-10544 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg	uws		github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf5h-hh56-3vrg

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