Reachable assertion in Node.js - CVE-2019-15604

Vulnerability identifier: #VU25014

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15604

CWE-ID: CWE-617

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of X509 certificates in X509V3_EXT_print(). A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted client certificate to the application and perform a denial of service attack.

Node.js
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Opensuse
Ubuntu
Red Hat Software Collections
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
nodejs (Debian package)
nodejs-current (Alpine package)
nodejs (Ubuntu package)
nodejs-dev (Ubuntu package)
nodejs-legacy (Ubuntu package)
libnode-dev (Ubuntu package)
libnode64 (Ubuntu package)
Cloud App Management V2018

Install updates from vendor's website.

Node.js - addressed in versions 10.19.0, 12.15.0, 13.8.0
nodejs (Debian package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg1-1
nodejs-current (Alpine package) - update to 13.11.0-r0
Cloud App Management V2018 - update to 2020.1.0
nodejs (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1
nodejs-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
nodejs-legacy (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libnode-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1
libnode64 (Ubuntu package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1

• https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md#13.8.0
• https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1156a9e5f8

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js
• Red Hat update for nodejs:10 module
• Red Hat 8 update for nodejs:10
• Red Hat Software Collections security update for rh-nodejs12-nodejs
• Red Hat Linux 8 update for nodejs:12
• Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-nodejs10-nodejs
• OpenSUSE Linux update for nodejs8
• Gentoo update for Node.js
• Debian update for nodejs
• Reachable assertion in nodejs-current (Alpine package)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud App Management
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
• Ubuntu update for nodejs