CVE-2014-7191

Description

The qs module before 1.0.0 in Node.js does not call the compact function for array data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create a sparse array.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/60026
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687928
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96729
• https://github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8
• https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7191
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q
• https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/29
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7191

CWEs

CWE-399

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