CVE-2020-8277
HIGH7.5EPSS 58.9%Published: 11/19/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/nodejsfrom 0, < 12.20.1-r0
- Bitnami/node>= 12.16.3, < 12.19.1, >= 14.13.0, < 14.15.1, >= 15.0.0, < 15.2.1
- Bitnami/node-min>= 12.16.3, < 12.19.1, >= 14.13.0, < 14.15.1, >= 15.0.0, < 15.2.1
- Debian/c-aresfrom 0, < 1.17.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (16)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-8277
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8277
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1033107
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A7WH7W46OZSEUHWBHD7TCH3LRFY52V6Z/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEJBY3RJB3XWUOJFGZM5E3EMQ7MFM3UT/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEIV4CH6KNVZK63Y6EKVN2XDW7IHSJBJ/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VXLJY4764LYVJPC7NCDLE2UMQ3QC5OI2/
- WEBhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2020-security-releases/
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8277
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-11
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html