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USN-6564-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

3 January 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Node.js.

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Releases

Packages

  • nodejs - An open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

Details

Hubert Kario discovered that Node.js 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 obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2022-4304)

CarpetFuzz, Dawei Wang discovered that Node.js 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. (CVE-2022-4450)

Octavio Galland and Marcel Böhme discovered that Node.js 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. (CVE-2023-0215)

David Benjamin discovered that Node.js 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 obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2023-0286)

Hubert Kario and Dmitry Belyavsky discovered that Node.js 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. (CVE-2023-0401)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

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

References

Related notices

  • USN-5844-1: libssl1.1, openssl, libssl-doc, libssl3, libssl-dev
  • USN-5845-1: libssl1.0.0, openssl1.0, libssl1.0-dev
  • USN-5845-2: libssl-dev, libssl-doc, openssl, libssl1.0.0

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