National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2330
Original release date:08/13/2012
Last revised:08/22/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Update method in src/node_http_parser.cc in Node.js before 0.6.17 and 0.7 before 0.7.8 does not properly check the length of a string, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (request header contents) and possibly spoof HTTP headers via a zero length string.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/c9a231d
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/7b3fb22
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120508 Re: CVE request: node.js <0.6.17/0.7.8 HTTP server information disclosure
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120508 CVE request: node.js <0.6.17/0.7.8 HTTP server information disclosure
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49066
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://blog.nodejs.org/2012/05/04/version-0-6-17-stable/
