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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-7099 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-nodejs4-nodejs) | RHSA-2017:0002 | 2017-01-02 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-nodejs4-nodejs) | RHSA-2017:0002 | 2017-01-02 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | nodejs010-nodejs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | nodejs | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | nodejs010-nodejs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | nodejs | Not affected |
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