CVE-2018-7162

NameCVE-2018-7162
DescriptionAll versions of Node.js 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nodejs (PTS)buster10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4fixed
bookworm18.13.0+dfsg1-1fixed
bookworm (security)18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1fixed
trixie18.19.1+dfsg-3fixed
sid18.19.1+dfsg-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nodejssourcejessie(not affected)
nodejssourcestretch(not affected)
nodejssource(unstable)10.15.0~dfsg-6unimportant

Notes

[stretch] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects >= 8.x)
[jessie] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects >= 8.x)
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/#denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-tls-cve-2018-7162
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0cb3325f1

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