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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-15896: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-15896: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/07/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs-current

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