F5 BIG-IP - Node.js vulnerability CVE-2016-2216

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140205");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2216", "CVE-2016-9244");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");

  script_name("F5 BIG-IP - Node.js vulnerability CVE-2016-2216");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K23134279");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The HTTP header parsing code in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.42, 0.11.6 through 0.11.16, 0.12.x before 0.12.10, 4.x before 4.3.0, and 5.x before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism via UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters in the HTTP header, as demonstrated by %c4%8d%c4%8a.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-06-06 15:11:00 +0000 (Thu, 06 Jun 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-03-22 09:40:01 +0100 (Wed, 22 Mar 2017)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_f5_big_ip_ssh_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("f5/big_ip/version", "f5/big_ip/active_modules");
  exit(0);
}

include("f5.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, service: "ssh-login"))
  exit(0);

check_f5["LTM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;");

check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["GTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["LC"]  = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;11.2.1;");

check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected",   "12.0.0-12.1.2;11.6.0-11.6.1;",
                             "unaffected", "13.0.0;12.1.3;11.6.2;11.4.0-11.5.4;");

if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);