| Name | CVE-2016-7099 |
| Description | The tls.checkServerIdentity 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 does not properly handle wildcards in name fields of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 839714 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodejs (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 20.15.0+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 20.15.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nodejs | source | (unstable) | 4.6.0~dfsg-1 | unimportant | 839714 |
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/
0.10.x: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0d7e21ee7bcc79046f898f8c202d2ec87d23d711
4.x: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ff82deb2c3bd580d64be75dbafe460393c952fb