Amazon Linux AMI update for nodejs



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-23919
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

nodejs
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) 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

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    nodejs-libs-debuginfo-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    nodejs-devel-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    nodejs-debuginfo-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    nodejs-full-i18n-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    nodejs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    v8-devel-10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    nodejs-libs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    npm-8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    nodejs-debugsource-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64

noarch:
    nodejs-docs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.noarch

src:
    nodejs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.src

x86_64:
    nodejs-libs-debuginfo-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    nodejs-debuginfo-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    nodejs-devel-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    nodejs-full-i18n-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    v8-devel-10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    nodejs-libs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    nodejs-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    npm-8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    nodejs-debugsource-18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

nodejs: before 18.12.1-1

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-226.html


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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