CVE-2018-12122 (GCVE-0-2018-12122)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-11-28 17:00
Modified
2026-10-08 21:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption / Denial of Service
Summary
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly keeping HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Node.js Project Node.js Version: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0
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