Description
ws is a "simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js, up-to-date against RFC-6455". By sending an overly long websocket payload to a `ws` server, it is possible to crash the node process. This affects ws 1.1.0 and earlier.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7388
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/120
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