CVE-2016-1000232
MEDIUMtough-cookie < 2.3.0 - Denial of Service via HTTP Cookie Header Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Custom HTTP header passed by client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.0.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-affected-by-node-js-tough-cookie-module-vulnerability-to-a-denial-of-service-cve-2016-1000232/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da158997de05235ae
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea696f377b1534
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0236
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (7)
ibm/api_connect
5.0.8.0
ibm/api_connect
5.0.6.0 - 5.0.6.5
npm/tough-cookie
0 - 2.3.0npm
redhat/openshift_container_platform
3.1
redhat/openshift_container_platform
3.2
redhat/openshift_container_platform
3.3
salesforce/tough-cookie
0.9.7 - 2.2.2
Published
Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026