CVE-2021-22883

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-7729 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
89.4%
top 0.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
Nodejs NodeNodejs Node.jsOracle JD Edwards Enterpriseone Tools+6 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateOct 5

Description

Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with an 'unknownProtocol' are established. This leads to a leak of file descriptors. If a file descriptor limit is configured on the system, then the server is unable to accept new connections and prevent the process also from opening, e.g. a file. If no file descriptor limit is configured, then this lead to an excessive memory usage and cause the system to run out …

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5nodejs/node4.0 — 4.*+11
▶NVDnodejs/node.js10.0.0 — 10.24.0+3
▶Debiannodejs< 12.21.0~dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntunodejs< 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.2+1

Also affects: Fedora 32, 33, 34

Patches

Patch: cert-portal.siemens.com ↗Patch: nodejs.org ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
nodejs vulnerabilities↗2023-10-05
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GHSA
GHSA-mjgw-69fr-p4h2: Node↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-22883: Node↗2021-03-03
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OSV
CVE-2021-22883: Node↗2021-03-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Node.js vulnerabilities↗2023-10-05
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle NoSQL Database Risk Matrix: Administration (Node.js) — CVE-2021-22883↗2021-04-15
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Red Hat
nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource exhaustion↗2021-02-20
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Debian
CVE-2021-22883: nodejs - Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial ...↗2021
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