CVE-2014-7191

Publication date 19 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The qs module before 1.0.0 in Node.js does not call the compact function for array data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create a sparse array.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the qs module in Node.js incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
node-qs 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.6.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

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Notes

ebarretto

This issue is actually for node-querystring. Somewhere along the line node-qs was born or forked from node-querystring which was deprecated. But now there are again new projects called querystring. Be careful when updating. Trusty’s version is actually based on node-querystring.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
node-qs