node-opcua DoS when bypassing limitations for excessive memory consumption

Description

The package node-opcua before 2.74.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when bypassing the limitations for excessive memory consumption by sending multiple CloseSession requests with the deleteSubscription parameter equal to False.

Recommendation

Update the node-opcua package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 2.74.0
• Patched version(s): 2.74.0

References

• GHSA-vh4f-fgpp-x8x2
• security.snyk.io
• CVE-2022-24375
• CWE-400
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• node-opcua DoS vulnerability via message with memory allocation that exceeds v8's memory limit - CVE-2022-25231
• Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in node-opcua - CVE-2022-21208
• Improper handling of multiline messages in node-irc affects matrix-appservice-irc - CVE-2022-29166
• URL Confusion When Scheme Not Supplied in medialize/uri.js - CVE-2022-1233

Tags:

npm

node-opcua