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FreeBSD: VID-BEA84A7A-E0C9-11E7-B4F3-11BAA0C2DF21 (CVE-2017-15896): node.js -- Data Confidentiality/Integrity Vulnerability, December 2017

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FreeBSD: VID-BEA84A7A-E0C9-11E7-B4F3-11BAA0C2DF21 (CVE-2017-15896): node.js -- Data Confidentiality/Integrity Vulnerability, December 2017

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/14/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

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)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-node
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-node4
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-node6
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-node8

References

  • CVE-2017-15896

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