Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201957390000000
Revision Date:2019-03-28Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-5739 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-5739
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND nodejs package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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