SB2016040811 - Input validation error in Node.js
Published: April 8, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016040811
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2216)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
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