Executive Summary

Summary
Title Node.js: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201612-43 First vendor Publication 2016-12-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-12-13
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Node.js, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service conditions.

Background

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Node.js. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition, or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Node.js 0.12.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/nodejs-0.12.17"

All Node.js 4.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/nodejs-4.6.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8027
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8027
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-2086
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2086
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-2216
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2216
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-5325
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5325

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-43.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
25 % CWE-113 Failure to Sanitize CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')
25 % CWE-17 Code

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 116
Os 2
Os 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-05-25 Websocket upgrade request without a client key detected
RuleID : 37028 - Revision : 2 - Type : PROTOCOL-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-03-21 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL23134279.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-43.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-17 Name : An IDE application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected...
File : macosx_xcode_81.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1172.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-26 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL15311661.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-3102c11757.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-8925b6119f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-283.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-46.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-12-15 13:25:11
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-13 17:22:07
  • First insertion