Input validation error in nodejs (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-2216
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 nodejs (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU32332

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2216

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nodejs (Alpine package): 0.10.20-r0 - 0.10.33-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a1df28931360d38ed8c9fcaba1a1a710908c1a63
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=175b1af08edcdb18fcc874a6d375bb7cd623db61
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=58bef3151de8d3e10ce83de635f5451e73161b72
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4ededb6392cbab52e5975f83d97eb2669e9c5a6d


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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