USN-5973-1: url-parse vulnerabilities

27 March 2023

Several security issues were fixed in url-parse.

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Releases

Packages

  • node-url-parse - Small footprint URL parser that works across Node.js and browsers

Details

It was discovered that url-parse 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, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or open
redirect attack. (CVE-2018-3774)

It was discovered that url-parse 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 bypass input
validation. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8124)

Yaniv Nizry discovered that url-parse 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, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or open
redirect attack. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-27515)

It was discovered that url-parse 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, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or open
redirect attack. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3664)

It was discovered that url-parse 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 bypass
authorization. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0512, CVE-2022-0639, CVE-2022-0691)

Rohan Sharma discovered that url-parse 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 bypass
authorization. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0686)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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