CVE-2016-5325
Publication date 10 October 2016
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ServerResponse#writeHead function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the reason argument.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| nodejs | 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1.2
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.1 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |