nodejs — security advisory

{
  "id": "79b8c8618679a6f469e7841b5a88c633935d2de0c32f38a3b9d487b397b1533c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121",
    "summary": "Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers: By using a combination of many requests with maximum sized headers (almost 80 KB per connection), and carefully timed completion of the headers, it is possible to cause the HTTP server to abort from heap allocation failure. Attack potential is mitigated by the use of a load balancer or other proxy layer.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nodejs",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "10.15.0~dfsg-6",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nodejs",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "10.15.0~dfsg-6",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nodejs",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "10.15.0~dfsg-6",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "10.15.0~dfsg-6"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "unimportant"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "10.15.0~dfsg-6"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "unimportant"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "10.15.0~dfsg-6"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12121.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "unimportant"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T09:47:28.710279787Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2018-12121"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12121"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-12121",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 111556,
  "published_at": "2018-11-28T17:29:00.337+00:00"
}