CVE-2024-37890 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-37890: ws is an open source WebSocket client and server for Node.js. A request with a number of headers exceeding theserver.maxHeadersCount threshold could be used to crash a ws server. The vulnerability was fixed in ws@8.17.1 (e55e510) and backported to ws@7.5.10 (22c2876), ws@6.2.3 (eeb76d3), and ws@5.2.

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-37890 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

node-ws→ fixed in8.18.0+~cs13.7.11-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-ws
```

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