CVE-2016-1000232

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-05

NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Custom HTTP header passed by client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.0.

Do I need to act?

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0.92% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Tough-Cookie

Affected Vendors

Ibm Redhat Salesforce

References (14)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232
Patch https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da15899...
Patch https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea69...
Third Party Advisory https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-affecte...
Third Party Advisory https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232
Patch https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da15899...
Patch https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea69...
Third Party Advisory https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-affecte...
Third Party Advisory https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130
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moderate-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low