Input validation error in Node.js - CVE-2016-2216
Published: April 8, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32332
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2216
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The HTTP header parsing code in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.42, 0.11.6 through 0.11.16, 0.12.x before 0.12.10, 4.x before 4.3.0, and 5.x before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism via UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters in the HTTP header, as demonstrated by %c4%8d%c4%8a.
Affected software
Node.js
nodejs (Alpine package)
nodejs
Fedora
nodejs (Alpine package)
nodejs
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2216
Install update from vendor's website.
Node.js - update to 0.10.42
nodejs (Alpine package) - update to 0.10.42-r0
nodejs - addressed in versions 0.10.42-4.el6, 0.10.42-4.el7, 0.10.42-4.fc22, 0.10.42-4.fc23
nodejs (Alpine package) - update to 0.10.42-r0
nodejs - addressed in versions 0.10.42-4.el6, 0.10.42-4.el7, 0.10.42-4.fc22, 0.10.42-4.fc23
External References
- http://blog.safebreach.com/2016/02/09/http-response-splitting-in-node-js-root-cause-analysis/
- http://info.safebreach.com/hubfs/Node-js-Response-Splitting.pdf
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177184.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177673.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135711/Node.js-HTTP-Response-Splitting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83141
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2016-security-releases/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43