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Asymmetric denial of service In nodejs

Description

All versions of Node.js 9.x and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is HIGH. An attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node process which provides an http server supporting TLS server to crash. This can be accomplished by sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake. This vulnerability has been addressed by updating the TLS implementation.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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