CVE-2023-23919 Affecting nodejs-debuginfo package, versions <1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-NODEJSDEBUGINFO-5741630
  • published28 Jun 2023
  • disclosed23 Feb 2023

Introduced: 23 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-23919  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 nodejs-debuginfo to version 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-226.

NVD Description

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

A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in turn could be used to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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