PT-2018-4718 · Node.Js · Negotiator+2

Published 2018-05-31 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2016-10539

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions negotiator versions 0.6.0 and earlier

Description The negotiator, an HTTP content negotiator for Node.js, is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service via a specially crafted string in the "Accept-Language" header. This issue affects many modules and frameworks, including Express and Koa. The vulnerability triggers when parsing a specially crafted Accept-Language header value.

Recommendations Update to version 0.6.1 or later.

Fix

RCE

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

AZL-44826

CVE-2016-10539

GHSA-7MC5-CHHP-FMC3

Affected Products

Express

Koa

Negotiator

References · 12

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10539 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-44826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7mc5-chhp-fmc3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mc5-chhp-fmc3 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/106 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/106 · Note