Improper Input Validation Affecting nodejs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-NODEJS-312662
  • published7 Apr 2016
  • disclosed7 Apr 2016

Introduced: 7 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-2216  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 nodejs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 %c4%8d%c4%8a.

CVSS Scores

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