CVE-2012-2330 (GCVE-0-2012-2330)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-13 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
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Summary
The Update method in src/node_http_parser.cc in Node.js before 0.6.17 and 0.7 before 0.7.8 does not properly check the length of a string, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (request header contents) and possibly spoof HTTP headers via a zero length string.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1047 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-05-08 00:00
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