CVE-2017-15896 (GCVE-0-2017-15896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-11 21:00
Modified
2024-09-16 19:50
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve-request@iojs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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The Node.js Project Node.js Version: 4.0.0 and higher
Version: 6.0.0 and higher
Version: 8.0.0 and higher
Version: 9.0.0 and higher
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