Denial Of Service (DoS)

2023-07-2913:56:42

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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denial of service

vulnerable software

malicious request

socket vulnerability

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

44.2%

JSON

sails is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DoS). The vulnerability exists because the buildRequest function of req.js does not properly ensure all remaining headers are strings, allowing an attacker to cause an application crash by sending a malicious virtual request when sockets are enabled.