A vulnerability was found in http-signature up to 0.9.11 on Node.js (JavaScript Library). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Download. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a signature verification vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-347. The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.

The weakness was released 06/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-16005 since 10/29/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-118892, VDB-118899, VDB-118921 and VDB-118926.

Productinfo

Type

• JavaScript Library

Name

• http-signature

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.9.11

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Discussion