openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for nodejs



Published: 2024-03-25

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU73960

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-2023-0464

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when verifying X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted certificate to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP4

nodejs-docs: before 12.22.11-7

v8-devel: before 7.8.279.23-1.12.22.11.7

nodejs-debugsource: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-libs: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-full-i18n: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-devel: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-debuginfo: before 12.22.11-7

npm: before 6.14.16-1.12.22.11.7

nodejs: before 12.22.11-7

External links

http://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1135


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.

2) Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

EUVDB-ID: #VU74148

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0465

CWE-ID: CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when validating certificate policies in leaf certificates. A remote attacker that controls a malicious CA server can issue a certificate that will be validated by the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP4

nodejs-docs: before 12.22.11-7

v8-devel: before 7.8.279.23-1.12.22.11.7

nodejs-debugsource: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-libs: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-full-i18n: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-devel: before 12.22.11-7

nodejs-debuginfo: before 12.22.11-7

npm: before 6.14.16-1.12.22.11.7

nodejs: before 12.22.11-7

External links

http://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1135


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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