Description
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.
Remediation
References
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/qs_dos_memory_exhaustion
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685987
https://github.com/visionmedia/node-querystring/issues/104
https://github.com/raymondfeng/node-querystring/commit/43a604b7847e56bba49d0ce3e222fe89569354d8
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687928
http://secunia.com/advisories/60026
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96729
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