- Vulnerability/
- USN-6672-1
USN-6672-1: Node.js vulnerabilities
First published: Mon Mar 04 2024(Updated: )
Morgan Jones discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs that leads to false positive errors during some cryptographic operations. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-23919) It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs leaded to a untrusted search path vulnerability. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-23920) Matt Caswell discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs with specially crafted ASN.1 object identifiers or data containing them. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-2650)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libnode108 | <18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =23.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/nodejs | <18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =23.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libnode72 | <12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/nodejs | <12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libnode64 | <10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/nodejs | <10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23919
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23920
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2650
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6119-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6188-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nodejs/18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nodejs/12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nodejs/10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6672-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-6119-1
- anchor-related/USN-6188-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/title
- agent/severity
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/references
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/23.10
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/22.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04