CVE-2016-5325 Other in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject HTTP headers and split responses via the writeHead reason argument in Node.js.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-5325?

CVE-2016-5325 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 10 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-113

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5325?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Nodejs Node.js, Suse Linux Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5325?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5325 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nodejs Node.js vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5325, GHSA-qpf8-fqrf-8p2h, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5325.

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