USN-6116-1: hawk vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• node-hawk - HTTP Holder-Of-Key Authentication Scheme

Details

It was discovered that hawk incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10

• node-hawk - 8.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• node-hawk - 8.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• node-hawk - 7.1.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• node-hawk - 6.0.1+dfsg-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-29167