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CVE-2016-1000232 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.3 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 1.4
Exploitability Score: 3.9

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

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da158997de05235ae Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea696f377b1534 Patch Third Party Advisory
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
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:salesforce:tough-cookie:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
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From (including)
0.9.7		Up to (including)
2.2.2

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.0.6.0		Up to (including)
5.0.6.5
 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.0.7.0		Up to (including)
5.0.7.2
 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:5.0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1000232
NVD Published Date:
09/05/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/31/2018