SB20171211339 - Buffer overflow in nodejs-current (Alpine package)
Published: December 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB20171211339
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3738)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in the AVX2 Montgomery multiplication procedure used in exponentiation with 1024-bit moduli. A remote attacker can cause the server to share the DH1024 private key among multiple clients and perform attack on TLS.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=83e63ac7d0bf146b589567f44a14f716f4fc4362
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d4baade662f4bfd0b0ab2a4706520298e35e8683
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fae1999a2c5cd5b89c04112d32ae78f2492cc28c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=69941fbb802745a9cc6b211bd4e5aeaab95fd90b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7d5866a2137b214be12f5b70e1053b341350352d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b0c3a0f604015e98d5220bbeacfc295885afbb7c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b74e9ca7e1962c168d79fc1d11039d7febd5b0e6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d2d350f8a099c9ed303f00888e05626662e5c7f6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1f7bd86450c95fe00720bb648c32561076c019f4