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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805943
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Node.js 'V8 utf-8 decoder' Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Summary:The host is installed with Node.js and is; prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
The host is installed with Node.js and is
prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to an error in
'Utf8DecoderBase::WriteUtf16Slow' function in unicode-decoder.cc within Google
V8 which does not verify that there is memory available for a UTF-16 surrogate
pair.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to conduct denial of service attack.

Affected Software/OS:
Node.js before version 0.12.6

Solution:
Upgrade to Node.js version 0.12.6 or
later.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 75556
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5380
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75556
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