A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of Service in versions < 15.2.1, < 14.15.1, and < 12.19.1 by getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses. This is fixed in 15.2.1, 14.15.1, and 12.19.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.58883.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
NodeJS Node unaffected
Version Status Constraints
4.0 affected < 4.*
5.0 affected < 5.*
6.0 affected < 6.*
7.0 affected < 7.*
8.0 affected < 8.*
9.0 affected < 9.*
11.0 affected < 11.*
12.0 affected < 12.19.1
13.0 affected < 13.*
14.0 affected < 14.15.1
15.0 affected < 15.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:oracle:blockchain_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:19.3.4:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_cluster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:16.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:18.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:19.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
nodejs:12-8030020201124152102.229f0a1c cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2020:5499 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
nodejs:14-8030020210126165503.229f0a1c cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2021:0551 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.19.1-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2020:5305 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.15.4-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2021:0421 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS
rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.19.1-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2020:5305 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.15.4-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2021:0421 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS
rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.19.1-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2020:5305 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.15.4-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2021:0421 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z

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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4638-1 c-ares vulnerability
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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://hackerone.com/reports/1033107 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A7WH7W46OZSEUHWBHD7TCH3LRFY52V6Z/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEJBY3RJB3XWUOJFGZM5E3EMQ7MFM3UT/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEIV4CH6KNVZK63Y6EKVN2XDW7IHSJBJ/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VXLJY4764LYVJPC7NCDLE2UMQ3QC5OI2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2020-security-releases/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8277 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-11 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8277 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-30T22:24:27.745Z

Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-8277

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-19T01:15:12.763

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:38:38.383

Link: CVE-2020-8277

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8277 - Bugzilla

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