Vigil@nce - Node Core: denial of service via Slowloris HTTP Keep-alive
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: IBM i, Nodejs Core, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 01/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via Slowloris HTTP
Keep-alive of Node Core, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-Core-denial-of-service-via-Slowloris-HTTP-Keep-alive-28632