CVE-2024-37890: ws affected by a DoS when handling a request with many HTTP headers
(updated )
A request with a number of headers exceeding the [server.maxHeadersCount][] threshold could be used to crash a ws server.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3h5v-q93c-6h6q
- github.com/websockets/ws/commit/22c28763234aa75a7e1b76f5c01c181260d7917f
- github.com/websockets/ws/commit/4abd8f6de4b0b65ef80b3ff081989479ed93377e
- github.com/websockets/ws/commit/e55e5106f10fcbaac37cfa89759e4cc0d073a52c
- github.com/websockets/ws/commit/eeb76d313e2a00dd5247ca3597bba7877d064a63
- github.com/websockets/ws/issues/2230
- github.com/websockets/ws/pull/2231
- github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-3h5v-q93c-6h6q
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37890
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