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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542
Aliases CVE-2016-10542
Summary ws is a "simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455". By sending an overly long websocket payload to a `ws` server, it is possible to crash the node process. This affects ws 1.1.0 and earlier.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542.json
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10542
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10542
Data source Metasploit
Description This module exploits a Denial of Service vulnerability in npm module "ws". By sending a specially crafted value of the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header on the initial WebSocket upgrade request, the ws component will crash.
Note 
Stability:
  - crash-service-down
SideEffects: []
Reliability: []
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/ws_dos.rb

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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none

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There are no SSVC decisions available.