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Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:18.8.0-1.module+el8.7.0+20871+e727ae93

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-3051692
  • published 18 Oct 2022
  • disclosed 5 Dec 2022
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Introduced: 18 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-35255 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-338 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:18.8.0-1.module+el8.7.0+20871+e727ae93 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7821.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.1 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

8.2 high
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Red Hat

8.2 high