[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1081657: node-body-parser: CVE-2024-45590

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: node-body-parser
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for node-body-parser.

CVE-2024-45590[0]:
| body-parser is Node.js body parsing middleware. body-parser <1.20.3
| is vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled. A
| malicious actor using a specially crafted payload could flood the
| server with a large number of requests, resulting in denial of
| service. This issue is patched in 1.20.3.

https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7
https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b2695c4450f06ba3b0ccf48d872a229bb41c9bce (1.20.3)


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45590
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45590

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.