CVE-2018-7164 Denial of service in Node.js

What is CVE-2018-7164?

CVE-2018-7164 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 13 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7164?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodejs Node.js.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7164?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-7164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-7160 Server-side request forgery in Node.js High 8.8
• CVE-2018-12120 Misconfiguration in Node.js High 8.1

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7164, GHSA-32gr-2v7q-xgqj.