CVE-2015-8027

HIGH

Node.js <0.12.9, <4.2.3, <5.1.1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Node.js 0.12.x before 0.12.9, 4.x before 4.2.3, and 5.x before 5.1.1 does not ensure the availability of a parser for each HTTP socket, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaughtException and service outage) via a pipelined HTTP request.

References (7)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00045.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV79524

[Vendor Advisory] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21972419

[Vendor Advisory] https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/cve-2015-8027_cve-2015-6764/

[Vendor Advisory] https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2015-security-releases/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78207

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0139

EPSS Percentile 80.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-17

Status draft

Affected Products (14)

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

nodejs/node.js

Timeline

Published Jan 02, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026