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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-8027 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of nodejs as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Software Collections version 2, Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Openshift Enterprise and Openshift Online as they do not include the vulnerable version of nodejs.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| 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 | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | nodejs010 | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | nodejs | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | nodejs | Not affected |
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