CVE-2020-7693: Unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) in SockJS <0.3.20 Node apps
Description
SockJS v0.3.19 calls res.end
instead of res.write
when receiving websocket upgrade requests. This causes an Error [ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END]: write after end
, which crashes the container running the app utilising the vulnerable SockJS.
Vulnerable versions affected:
- Meteor JS <1.10.2 which use SockJS 0.3.19
- SockJS 0.3.19
Exploit PoC
See the GitHub repo: https://github.com/sussition/sockjs-dos-py
Remediation
Update SockJS to 0.3.20