CVE-2014-7191: Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion in qs
(updated )
The qs module before 1.0.0 in Node.js does not call the compact function for array data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create a sparse array.
References
- secunia.com/advisories/60026
- secunia.com/advisories/62170
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687928
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96729
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q
- github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8
- github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7191
- www.npmjs.com/advisories/29
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