Description
ws is an open source WebSocket client and server library for Node.js. A specially crafted value of the `Sec-Websocket-Protocol` header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server. The vulnerability has been fixed in ws@7.4.6 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options.
Published: 2021-05-25
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0968 ws is an open source WebSocket client and server library for Node.js. A specially crafted value of the `Sec-Websocket-Protocol` header can be used to significantly slow down a ws server. The vulnerability has been fixed in ws@7.4.6 (https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff). In vulnerable versions of ws, the issue can be mitigated by reducing the maximum allowed length of the request headers using the [`--max-http-header-size=size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size) and/or the [`maxHeaderSize`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_createserver_options_requestlistener) options.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693 ReDoS in Sec-Websocket-Protocol header
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Ws Project Ws
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:25:31.019Z

Reserved: 2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32640

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-25T19:15:07.767

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:07:26.223

Link: CVE-2021-32640

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-32640 - Bugzilla

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