SB20250219257 - Amazon Linux AMI update for nodejs
Published: February 19, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250219257
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23919)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.