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CVSSv2

CVE-2017-16005

Published: 04/06/2018 Updated: 09/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.

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Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme" In versions &lt;=0911, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without ...