CVE-2018-7159

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-03-08
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1561981: CVE-2018-7159 nodejs: HTTP parser allowed for spaces inside Content-Length header values
It was found that the http module from Node.js could accept incorrect Content-Length values, containing spaces within the value, in HTTP headers. A specially crafted client could use this flaw to possibly confuse the script, causing unspecified behavior.

Find out more about CVE-2018-7159 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 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs6-nodejs Affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs8-nodejs Affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nodejs4-nodejs Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs Not affected

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