CVE-2017-16014

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-04-11
CWE:
CWE-248
Bugzilla:
1591872: CVE-2017-16014 nodejs-http-proxy: DOS via improper error handling in middleware implementation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16014 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs-http-proxy Not affected

External References

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