CVE-2014-3742: File descriptor leak can cause DoS vulnerability

May 16, 2014 (updated May 19, 2014)

A file descriptor leak that when triggered repeatedly will cause the server to run out of file descriptors and the node process to die. The effort required to take down a server depends on the process file descriptor limit. No other side effects or exploits have been identified.

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