Data Handling in Node.js - CVE-2016-7099
Published: October 10, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32225
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7099
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Node.js Foundation
Affected software:
Node.js
Node.js
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 does not properly handle wildcards in name fields of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7099
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/