CVE-2015-8027
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Node.js 0.12.x before 0.12.9, 4.x before 4.2.3, and 5.x before 5.1.1 does not ensure the availability of a parser for each HTTP socket, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaughtException and service outage) via a pipelined HTTP request.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.3~dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.3~dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2.3~dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.3~dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.3~dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.3 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.4 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.5 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.6 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.7 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.8 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.0.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.1.0 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00045.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV79524
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21972419
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78207
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/cve-2015-8027_cve-2015-6764/
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2015-security-releases/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8027
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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