CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe multiparty Node.js library, used for parsing multipart/form-data request bodies, is vulnerable in versions 2.1.0 to 4.3.0 due to an unbounded memory allocation for headers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exploit this by sending requests with excessively large headers. This can lead to a denial of service by exhausting server memory and crashing the application. Organizations utilizing this library should prioritize upgrading to version 4.3.1 or later to mitigate this risk.
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Original NVD Description
multiparty is a Node.js library for parsing multipart/form-data request bodies. In versions from 2.1.0 up to but not including 4.3.1, the parser does not bound the amount of memory used while accumulating the headers of a single multipart part. An unauthenticated attacker can send a single request whose part carries a very large volume of header bytes, forcing the parser to buffer all of them and exhausting the process memory, which crashes the server. This is a denial of service with no confidentiality or integrity impact. The issue is fixed in multiparty 4.3.1, which caps the size of the accumulated part headers. Users should upgrade to multiparty 4.3.1 or later.