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Medium
CVE-2016-7099
The tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7, 0.10.8, 0.10.9, 0.10.10, 0.10.11, 0.10.12, 0.10.13, 0.10.14, 0.10.15, 0.10.16, 0.10.16-isaacs-manual, 0.10.17, 0.10.18, 0.10.19, 0.10.20, 0.10.21, 0.10.22, 0.10.23, 0.10.24, 0.10.25, 0.10.26, 0.10.27, 0.10.28, 0.10.29, 0.10.30, 0.10.31, 0.10.32, 0.10.33, 0.10.34, 0.10.35, 0.10.36, 0.10.37, 0.10.38, 0.10.39, 0.10.40, 0.10.41, 0.10.42, 0.10.43, 0.10.44, 0.10.45, 0.10.46, 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.4.0, 6.5.0, 6.6.0, 0.12.0, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.12.3, 0.12.4, 0.12.5, 0.12.6, 0.12.7, 0.12.8, 0.12.9, 0.12.10, 0.12.11, 0.12.12, 0.12.13, 0.12.14, 0.12.15, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.5.0, 12.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 10th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.