CVE-2017-15896

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

11/12/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

Node.js was affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2017-3737 in regards to the use of SSL_read() due to TLS handshake failure. The result was that an active network attacker could send application data to Node.js using the TLS or HTTP2 modules in a way that bypassed TLS authentication and encryption.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.10 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

9.10

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

6.40

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	4.0.0 (including)	4.1.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::lts:::*	4.2.0 (including)	4.8.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	6.0.0 (including)	6.8.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::lts:::*	6.9.0 (including)	6.12.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	8.0.0 (including)	8.8.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::lts:::*	8.9.0 (including)	8.9.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	9.0.0 (including)	9.2.1 (excluding)

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CVE-2017-15896

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools