Vigil@nce - Node.js express-brute: denial of service
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/04/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass request quota managed by Node.js
express-brute, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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