CVE-2017-16026

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-11-16
CWE:
CWE-201
Bugzilla:
1588833: CVE-2017-16026 nodejs-request: Remote Memory Exposure when a multipart request is made

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16026 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs6-nodejs-request Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs-request Not affected
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 nodejs-request Not affected

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