GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4hr4-pjjh-2q2w Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in node-opcua

HIGH Published 2022-08-24 Modified 2022-08-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-21208
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
node-opcua
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2022-08-30

Affected packages

• npm node-opcua: < 2.74.0 → fixed in 2.74.0

Description

The package node-opcua before 2.74.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a missing limitation on the number of received chunks - per single session or in total for all concurrent sessions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending an unlimited number of huge chunks (e.g. 2GB each) without sending the Final closing chunk.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-21208 The package node-opcua before 2.74.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a missing limitation on the number of received chunks… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References