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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.