SB2023041813 - SUSE update for nodejs12 



SB2023041813 - SUSE update for nodejs12

Published: April 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023041813
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25881)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to regular expression denial of service that occurs when the server reads the cache policy from the request using this library. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send malicious request header values to the server and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.