UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10542
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10542
Upstream
Published
2018-05-31T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:00Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

ws is a "simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455". By sending an overly long websocket payload to a ws server, it is possible to crash the node process. This affects ws 1.1.0 and earlier.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / node-ws

Package

Name
node-ws
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ws@1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.2+ds1.349b7460-1

1.*

1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ws",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1+ds1.e6ddaae4-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / node-ws

Package

Name
node-ws
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ws@1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3build1
1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ws",
            "binary_version": "1.1.0+ds1.e6ddaae4-3ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}