CVE-2020-8251

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-8251
  • Assigner
  • support@hackerone.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-09-18T21:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-24T16:54:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 14.0.0 14.11.0
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/ Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/868834 Permissions Required
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8251
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8251
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:27:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 23:02:22 cve-assignments@hackerone.com support@hackerone.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-04 23:02:22 2020-09-18T21:15Z 2020-09-18T21:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 23:02:22 2022-05-24T16:54:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 23:02:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated