SB2018033044 - HTTP response splitting in nodejs-current (Alpine package)



SB2018033044 - HTTP response splitting in nodejs-current (Alpine package)

Published: March 30, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018033044
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7159)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to spaces in Content-Length HTTP headers from Node.js’s HTTP module entirely ignore spaces within the value, despite the HTTP specification not allowing spaces within the values. A remote attacker can confuse the script and write arbitrary files.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.