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CVE-2016-7099

Date: October 10, 2016

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.

Language: JS

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7099
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7099
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7099
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7099

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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