CVE-2016-2216 Information

Description

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 c48dc48a.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5