CVE-2021-22883
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 of memory.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - support@hackerone.com
- Published
- 2021-03-03
- Last modified
- 2025-04-30
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400, CWE-772
Affected products
- Fedora (Fedoraproject)
- E-series Performance Analyzer (Netapp)
- Node (Nodejs)
- Node.js (Nodejs)
- Graalvm (Oracle)
- Jd Edwards Enterpriseone Tools (Oracle)
- Mysql Cluster (Oracle)
- Nosql Database (Oracle)
- Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools (Oracle)
- Sinec Infrastructure Network Services (Siemens)
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1043360
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E4FRS5ZVK4ZQ7XIJQNGIKU…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F45Y7TXSU33MTKB6AGL2Q5…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSYFUGKFUSZ27M5TEZ3FKI…
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2021-security-releases/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210416-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
