CVE-2018-7162

high

Description

All versions of Node.js 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104468

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-13

Updated: 2022-08-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High