Resource management error in Node.js - CVE-2023-23919

Vulnerability identifier: #VU72399

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Node.js
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
Db2 Graph
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
Oracle Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Oracle Solaris
Web and Scripting Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Fedora
IBM Business Automation Workflow
Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
IBM Spectrum Symphony
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
IBM Cognos Controller
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App
Voice Gateway
nodejs-nodemon
npm
nodejs (Ubuntu package)
libnode64 (Ubuntu package)
libnode72 (Ubuntu package)
nodejs
nodejs-devel
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-docs
nodejs16
nodejs16-devel
npm16
nodejs16-debugsource
nodejs16-docs
nodejs16-debuginfo
corepack16
libnode108 (Ubuntu package)
npm18
nodejs18
nodejs18-devel
nodejs18-debuginfo
nodejs18-debugsource
nodejs18-docs
corepack18
nodejs (Debian package)
nodejs20
nodejs-packaging

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.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/