CVE-2016-5325

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the ServerResponse#writeHead 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 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the reason argument.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory nodejs.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0f13e56a20f9bde5a67d873a7f9564487160762 issue tracking patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101 vendor advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93483 vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5325?
CVE-2016-5325 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5325?
To fix CVE-2016-5325, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5325 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-5325 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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