CVE-2013-4450

Nodejs - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

The HTTP server in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.21 and 0.8.x before 0.8.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by sending a large number of pipelined requests without reading the response.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC

by Marek Majkowski, titanous, joev · rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/nodejs_pipelining.rb

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References (10)

[Patch] http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/10/18/node-v0-10-21-stable/

[Patch] http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/10/18/node-v0-8-26-maintenance/

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00051.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1842.html

[Exploit] https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/2548

[Mailing List] https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nodejs/NEbweYB0ei0

[Vendor Advisory] https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783

[Issue Tracking] https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/6214

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63229

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/20/1

Scores

EPSS 0.6871

EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (47)

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.0

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.1

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.2

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.3

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.4

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.5

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.6

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.7

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.8

nodejs/nodejs 0.8.9

... and 37 more

Published Oct 21, 2013

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026