Reachable assertion in nodejs-current (Alpine package)

1) Reachable assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU25014

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15604

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of X509 certificates in X509V3_EXT_print(). A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted client certificate to the application and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nodejs-current (Alpine package): 12.4.0-r0 - 13.1.0-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:nodejs-current_alpine_package:13.1.0-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:nodejs-current_alpine_package:12.4.0-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=198d3bb2cd989d9883c042a284d830fb32d5029b
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3054c2433b4131ff35f3ab19d4e20965d85992be
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=975b6a3945fcfc2d2d1b044ea5fb1d32f8cda08f
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d28d7200169ede5fa2d87cba9d1eeb3a459ae2a3
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1fb036fb0a10b3ee95720656cf3537469ab6930a
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=86317da5622f4bbbcda0c78043d513b90bb64a69

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.