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Unsigned Request Headers Affecting http-signature package, versions <0.10.0 >=0.9.0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID npm:http-signature:20130418
  • published 13 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2013
  • credit Dave Longley
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Introduced: 17 Apr 2013

CVE-2017-16005 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-74 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade http-signature to version 0.10.0 or higher.

Overview

http-signature is a Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature scheme. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to header forgery, due to the header names not being signed. An attacker could switch the header list order and header value order ending up wit the same signature for two separate requests.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None