CVE-2019-5739

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Node.jsNode.jsAll versions prior to 6.17.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption / Denial of Service

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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