Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2018-0766 | Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-q257-vv4p-fg92 | Header Forgery in http-signature |
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Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T19:19:33.991Z
Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-16005
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-04T19:29:00.523
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:39.063
Link: CVE-2017-16005
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Github GHSA