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CVE-2020-8251

Date: September 18, 2020

Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.

Language: JS

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8251

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-8251

Url: https://hackerone.com/reports/868834

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-8251

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-8251

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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