Fedora 37 update for nodejs16, nodejs18, nodejs20



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
CVE-ID CVE-2023-23918
CVE-2023-23919
CVE-2023-23920
CVE-2023-23936
CVE-2023-24807
CWE-ID CWE-264
CWE-399
CWE-113
CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

nodejs20
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

nodejs18
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

nodejs16
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU72398

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23918

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions within the process.mainModule.require() method. A remote user can access non authorized modules.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

nodejs20: before 19.8.1-6.fc37

nodejs18: before 18.15.0-5.fc37

nodejs16: before 16.20.0-1.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-c9c9af3c3d


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU72399

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23919

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to in some cases Node.js does does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. A remote attacker can trigger false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations on the same thread and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

nodejs20: before 19.8.1-6.fc37

nodejs18: before 18.15.0-5.fc37

nodejs16: before 16.20.0-1.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-c9c9af3c3d


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.

3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU72400

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23920

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application insecurely loads ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable with elevated privileges. A remote user can gain access to potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

nodejs20: before 19.8.1-6.fc37

nodejs18: before 18.15.0-5.fc37

nodejs16: before 16.20.0-1.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-c9c9af3c3d


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

4) HTTP response splitting

EUVDB-ID: #VU72403

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23936

CWE-ID: CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not correctly process CRLF character sequences when handling HTTP "Host" header. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

nodejs20: before 19.8.1-6.fc37

nodejs18: before 18.15.0-5.fc37

nodejs16: before 16.20.0-1.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-c9c9af3c3d


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.

5) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU72404

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24807

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when user-supplied input within the `Headers.set()` and `Headers.append()` methods. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

nodejs20: before 19.8.1-6.fc37

nodejs18: before 18.15.0-5.fc37

nodejs16: before 16.20.0-1.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-c9c9af3c3d


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.



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