CVE-2019-5739

Node.js 4 and 1 other: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption / Denial of Service

CVE-2019-5739 is fixed in Node.js 6 on 1 platform by Node.js 6 6.17.0 (version 6.17.0), released February 28, 2019. 1 other affected product has no fix yet. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVSS

7.5

No vendor severity

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0493

92nd percentile

Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Windows apps
Node.js 6	6.17.0	Node.js 6 6.17.0	Feb 28, 2019
No fix yet
Node.js 4 (Windows apps)	No fix yet	no-fix	n/a

Details

Published
March 28, 2019
Weakness
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption / Denial of Service
Vendor advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5739

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