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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4450 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
OpenShift Enterprise 1.2 is in a lifecycle phase that only provides Critical and Important security updates, as this issue is rated Moderate this issue will not be fixed. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/openshift.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (nodejs010-nodejs) | RHSA-2013:1842 | 2013-12-16 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | nodejs | Will not fix |
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