CVE-2016-7099

MEDIUM

Node.js <4.6.0 - Man-in-the-Middle Attack

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0072
EPSS Percentile 72.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-19
Status published
Products (50)
nodejs/node.js 0.10.0
nodejs/node.js 0.10.1
nodejs/node.js 0.10.2
nodejs/node.js 0.10.3
nodejs/node.js 0.10.4
nodejs/node.js 0.10.5
nodejs/node.js 0.10.6
nodejs/node.js 0.10.7
nodejs/node.js 0.10.8
nodejs/node.js 0.10.9
... and 40 more
Published Oct 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026