CVE-2016-1000232

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    CVE-2016-1000232

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232, https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-affected-by-node-js-tough-cookie-module-vulnerability-to-a-denial-of-service-cve-2016-1000232/, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130, https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da158997de05235ae, https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea696f377b1534

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8292403cfbea01d331d5ea1bdb2107c3cb110d6d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v2.2.2
    v2.2.1
    v2.2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High