CVE-2020-8277

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 19, 2020
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Jan 28, 2020

Description

A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of Service in versions < 15.2.1, < 14.15.1, and < 12.19.1 by getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses. This is fixed in 15.2.1, 14.15.1, and 12.19.1.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-400 Denial of Service (CWE-400)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
NodeNodeJS	4.0 to before 4.Affected 5.0 to before 5.Affected 6.0 to before 6.Affected 7.0 to before 7.Affected 8.0 to before 8.Affected 9.0 to before 9.Affected 11.0 to before 11.Affected 12.0 to before 12.19.1Affected 13.0 to before 13.Affected 14.0 to before 14.15.1Affected 15.0 to before 15.2.1Affected

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/1033107
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2020-security-releases/
FEDORA-2020-7473744de1vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2020-307e873389vendor-advisory
GLSA-202012-11vendor-advisory
GLSA-202101-07vendor-advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
FEDORA-2021-afed2b904evendor-advisory
FEDORA-2021-ee913722dbvendor-advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

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