CVE-2015-8027

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    CVE-2015-8027

    Published: 2 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Node.js 0.12.x before 0.12.9, 4.x before 4.2.3, and 5.x before 5.1.1 does not ensure the availability of a parser for each HTTP socket, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaughtException and service outage) via a pipelined HTTP request.

    References: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV79524, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21972419, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/cve-2015-8027_cve-2015-6764/, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2015-security-releases/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00045.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78207

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High