CVE-2018-12122

nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time.

Node.js: Todas las versiones anteriores a la 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 y 11.3.0: Denegación de servicio (DoS) HTTP mediante Slowloris. Un atacante puede provocar una denegación de servicio (DoS) enviando cabeceras muy lentamente, manteniendo las conexiones HTTP o HTTPS y los recursos asociados vivos durante un largo período de tiempo.

It was found that Node.js HTTP server was vulnerable to a Slowloris type attack. An attacker could make long lived connections by sending bytes very slowly to the server, saturating its resource and possibly resulting in a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-06-11 CVE Reserved
2018-11-28 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-09-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106043	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases	2022-09-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821	2022-09-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48	2022-09-06
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12122	2019-10-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661005	2019-10-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js"				>= 6.0.0 < 6.15.1 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 6.0.0 < 6.15.1"		lts		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js"				>= 8.0.0 < 8.14.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 8.0.0 < 8.14.0"		lts		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js"				>= 10.0.0 < 10.14.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 10.14.0"		lts		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js"				>= 11.0.0 < 11.3.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 11.0.0 < 11.3.0"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Enterprise Storage Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Enterprise Storage"				4 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Enterprise Storage" and version "4"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server"				12 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "12"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server"				15 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "15"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Openstack Cloud Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Openstack Cloud"				7 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Openstack Cloud" and version "7"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Openstack Cloud Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Openstack Cloud"				8 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Openstack Cloud" and version "8"		-		Affected