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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-11499 EUVD-2017-3117GHSA-hc9r-2x24-2x3w

Node.js v4.0 through v4.8.3, all versions of v5.x, v6.0 through v6.11.0, v7.0 through v7.10.0, and v8.0 through v8.1.3 was susceptible to h…

Published Jul 25, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Node.js v4.0 through v4.8.3, all versions of v5.x, v6.0 through v6.11.0, v7.0 through v7.10.0, and v8.0 through v8.1.3 was susceptible to hash flooding remote DoS attacks as the HashTable seed was constant across a given released version of Node.js. This was a result of building with V8 snapshots enabled by default which caused the initially randomized seed to be overwritten on startup.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nodejs 4.8.4~dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 nodejs 4.8.4~dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 nodejs 4.8.4~dfsg-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 2 rh-nodejs4 +2 2.4-3.el7 RHSA-2017:3002
RHEL 2 rh-nodejs4-node-gyp 3.3.1-5.el6 RHSA-2017:3002
RHEL 2 rh-nodejs4-nodejs +2 1:4.6.2-6.el7 RHSA-2017:3002
RHEL 2 rh-nodejs6-nodejs +2 6.11.3-2.el6 RHSA-2017:2908
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 nodejs-common 1.0-2.1 SUSE-SU-2017:2168-1
SLES 12 nodejs4 4.8.4-15.5.1 SUSE-SU-2017:2168-1
SLES 12 nodejs6 6.11.1-11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2017:2168-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-78.51.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED 68-21.9.8 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-atk 2.26.1-2.8.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-cairo 1.15.10-2.13.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-gdk-pixbuf 2.36.11-2.8.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-glib2 2.54.3-2.14.7 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-gtk3 3.10.9-2.15.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-harfbuzz 1.7.5-2.7.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-libffi 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-libffi-gcc5 5.3.1+r233831-14.1 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-pango 1.40.14-2.7.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 mozilla-nspr 4.21-29.6.1 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 mozilla-nss 3.45-38.9.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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Public exploits

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