CVE-2016-7099 Information

Description

The tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47 0.12.x before 0.12.16 4.x before 4.6.0 and 6.x before 6.7.0 does not properly handle wildcards in name fields of X.509 certificates which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9