Use After Free Affecting nodejs20-full-i18n package, versions <1:20.19.0-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-NODEJS20FULLI18N-9904930
  • published30 Apr 2025
  • disclosed8 Apr 2025

Introduced: 8 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-31498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 nodejs20-full-i18n to version 1:20.19.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-942.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs20-full-i18n package and not the nodejs20-full-i18n package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. From 1.32.3 through 1.34.4, there is a use-after-free in read_answers() when process_answer() may re-enqueue a query either due to a DNS Cookie Failure or when the upstream server does not properly support EDNS, or possibly on TCP queries if the remote closed the connection immediately after a response. If there was an issue trying to put that new transaction on the wire, it would close the connection handle, but read_answers() was still expecting the connection handle to be available to possibly dequeue other responses. In theory a remote attacker might be able to trigger this by flooding the target with ICMP UNREACHABLE packets if they also control the upstream nameserver and can return a result with one of those conditions, this has been untested. Otherwise only a local attacker might be able to change system behavior to make send()/write() return a failure condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.34.5.

CVSS Base Scores

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