DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7099
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099
Upstream
Published
2016-10-10T16:59:01Z
Modified
2026-09-01T16:04:12Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.6.0~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099.json"

Debian:13 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.6.0~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099.json"

Debian:14 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.6.0~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099.json"