A vulnerability was found in Hapi Module up to 11.1.2 on Node.js (JavaScript Library). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Certain input passed into the If-Modified-Since or Last-Modified headers will cause an 'illegal access' exception to be raised. Instead of sending a HTTP 500 error back to the sender, hapi node module before 11.1.3 will continue to hold the socket open until timed out (default node timeout is 2 minutes).

The bug was discovered 12/23/2015. The weakness was disclosed 05/29/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-9241 since 10/29/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 888 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 11.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-118304 is pretty similar.

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• JavaScript Library

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• Hapi Module

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• 11.1.0
• 11.1.1
• 11.1.2

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• open-source

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