Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js affect IBM API Connect (CVE-2017-1000381, CVE-2017-11499)

Summary IBM API Connect has addressed Node.js vulnerabilities involving access to sensitive information and potential denial of service. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-1000381 DESCRIPTION: c-ares could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read...

nodejs: Constant Hashtable Seeds vulnerability

It was found that Node.js was using a non-randomized seed when populating hash tables. An attacker, able to supply a large number of inputs, could send specially crafted entries to the Node.js application, maximizing hash collisions to trigger an excessive amount of CPU usage, resulting in a deni...